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November 17, 2011 at 2:22 PM

Calling Facebook friends from within Skype comes to Windows and Mac

Posted by Janet I. Tu

Skype announced today the launch of Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows, allowing people to conduct Facebook-to-Facebook calls from within Skype.

According to Skype's official blog:

Initiating a Facebook-to-Facebook call from within Skype is quite easy; all you need to do is connect your Skype and Facebook accounts. Then, select a Facebook friend and hit the video call button in Skype- your friend simply picks up the call from Facebook.

In July, Skype had announced the ability to video chat with friends from within Facebook.

This latest move makes it possible to conduct such Facebook video chats within Skype as well.

Here's a video from Skype showing how it works:

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