It's not just the iOS client, Microsoft has updated Skype's Android app as well. The update bumps the app to version 7.17 and brings along several changes, including those related to reliability on select Samsung devices. With the update, the app becomes more reliable on Samsung devices running versions 6.01 and 5.1.1 of Google's mobile operating system. Presumably, it fixes issues that arose due to Samsung's non-standard Android implementations. Aside from this, the update adds accessibility support for cards from bots and resolves issues related to changing device orientation while...
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