Skype has updated the iPhone app that brings back URI support so that you can start calls and chats straight from the mobile app or mobile website. If you tap a Skype name or phone number, the URI will open the Skype app to connect a call or send a message, making it faster to reach friends, family or businesses. It also adds new improvements to the dialer that searches for Skype contacts as a phone number is entered.
Now you can save phone numbers that have been entered into the dial pad and also phone numbers in your recent calls list. When you save the phone numbers, you can easily create new contacts so you don’t have to search for the number next time you call. The Skype 5.9 update for iPhone released last month brought improved UI, quick conversations and more new features.
New features in Skype 5.10
- Quickly call people and groups straight from the new chat picker (tap the new chat icon and choose who to talk to)
- Improved dialer that searches for Skype contacts as a phone number is entered
- General improvements