By using the Touch Bar, Office users get the following abilities: Skype is certainly not the first Microsoft service to get Touch Bar treatment The company has already rolled out support for Office applications and Outlook. We hope that Microsoft will eventually add general Skype support for controls through the app. It is worth mentioning that Touch Bar support on works when actively engaged in a call. The Touch Bar also sports familiar buttons such as Siri, volume, and the Esc key. There are also controls, such as Mute, Start Video, and Hang Up. For example, users will see their photo and name of the person they are in contat with.
The Touch Bar changes icons and settings depending which app is in use and what the user is doing.īy adding Touch Bar support to the Skype experience on MacBook, users get added functionality. While Apple’s claims it revolutionizes the keyboard experience are a stretch, it is a very useful tool. The Touch Bar is a Multi-Touch strip of Retina display that sits above the MacBook Pro keyboard.
