If Skype is not installed on your desktop, clicking on the link will take you to a web client. You can join as a guest, even if you are not signed in. The unique ‘Meet Now' link can open your Skype app on any device. Step 2: Set your call to audio or video and click on ‘Start call' How this feature works You will get a call link and ‘share invite' option Step 5: Choose audio or video call option
You will also see a ‘Share invite' option Step 4: Following which, a link will be generated. Step 3: After that, you will be directed to a new page where you will have to click on ‘Create a free meeting Step 2: Under ‘Meet Now', click on ‘Create your meeting' Hopefully Microsoft learned a lesson or two from Zoom before implementing Meet Now.The feature allows you toset up a collaboration space and invite both Skype and non- Skype contacts. Zoom added passwords by default to meetings, along with a new waiting room feature to give hosts more control over who can join a meeting in hopes of reducing the ‘Zoombombing’ antics.ĭepending on how Skype handles its Meet Now links, the platform could become the next Zoom. That free video conferencing app recently adjusted how it handles meeting links because online trolls were abusing the system to take over meetings and share graphic content (called ‘Zoombombing’). If you use Safari or Firefox, you’ll need to download the Skype app instead. The first is that the Meet Now feature only works with Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome.
Introducing a simple, hassle-free way to connect with the important people in your life on #Skype, no sign-ups or downloads required. If it isn’t, the link directs you to the app store on your phone to download Skype so you can participate. The link will automatically open in the Skype app if it’s installed on your phone.
On mobile, things are a little different. If you don’t have a Skype account, you’ll join as a visitor. If you’re using a computer, the link will open the Skype web app and you’ll be free to join the call. Plus, the links don’t expire, so you can continue to access the free meeting space in the future.
Anyone can join using the link, even if they’re not on Skype. Once the unique meeting link is active, you can share it via Outlook or Gmail, or copy it to your clipboard to send it another way. Users can quickly create a meeting on Skype’s website with a click. Then, anyone with the link can quickly join the Skype meeting, no sign-ups or downloads required. Skype is rolling out a new feature to makes it easier to host online video meetings.ĭubbed ‘Meet Now,’ the feature takes a page out of Zoom’s book by letting Skype users generate shareable meeting links.
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