![]() Search this blog Search Follow My Tech Weblog on Recent Posts and you’re all set – create a new account – make sure YOU are a friend of that account… and you have yourself a webcam you can call from anywhere, it will auto answer with video and sound…. That’s it – make sure you SAVE (then go in again and check). ![]() Under ADVANCED near the end – untick “Use Skype to call callto: links on the web” – a particularly nasty trick that puts all sorts of stuff in web pages and can be harmful to web editing software One would presume you DON’T want to be pestered by adverts? Under notifications – do you REALLY need to know every time someone goes online? TURN IT OFF. Under privacy, only allow people in your contacts list to call you. Next, under audio settings, pick a mic setting that sounds fine and TURN OFF those pesky auto settings which make background sounds creep up when no-one is talking. Here are my settings under TOOLS – OPTIONS in Skype.įirstly – ensure that Skype starts when you start Windows (most likely the laptop will reboot at some point due to pesky Windows updates so you want things to keep running). ![]() and for as few things to be able to screw things up as possible. What I needed was for it to auto-answer with camera…. No, seriously – they do and if they get REALLY worried they clear off for weeks! What I needed was a reliable webcam while I’m on holiday to keep an eye on the place – and in my case, to communicate with our cats who get very worried when we’re away. Have you noticed when you upgrade, it wants you to use BING – probably the worst search engine on the planet? Just like drugs “just say no” – stick with Google – untick those boxes when you upgrade!!!Īnyway, the purpose of this blog is to tell you how to set up Skype as a webcam – and along the way ensure you un-tick some of those pesky boxes in Skype (this is of general use to anyone). I have reached out to Microsoft for more on this issue and will update this story if I hear back.Skype remains a wonderful tool – but now that it’s owned by Microsoft they are DETERMINED to confuse everyone with a host of additional tick boxes…. Microsoft hasn’t officially acknowledged the issue, however, which is very odd. The good news is that the issue seems to have been resolved on the Skype Preview app, so a fix should be coming to the public soon. The issue is identical to the one with FaceTime where a massive privacy bug allowed users to hear the other person’s microphone even before the call was answered. For one, you may not even be aware that a call has been answered, or the caller might hear things you don’t want them to hear, putting your privacy at risk. ![]() If you are simply not aware of the problem, your incoming calls can be answered automatically by the Skype app, putting you in an awkward situation. Those who connected their devices with a smartwatch will have their calls automatically answered because of a bug in the app, but disconnecting your smartwatch helps temporarily avoid the problem. And on the Android app, the feature is malfunctioning, automatically answering your incoming calls even if the feature is disabled.Īndroid Police reports that users have been reporting the issue as early as January of this year, which seems to be caused by smartwatches. UPDATE: Microsoft says that it is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it.īelieve it or not, Skype has a feature called automatic answering that automatically answers your calls for you. ![]() Skype for Android has a really weird issue. ![]()
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