The Skype system suffered extensive and prolonged outages in December 22-23. You can only receive video calls if you have an iPad or iPod touch 3rd generation, because these devices lack a camera.Īdding bandwidth-consuming video could put more stress on Skype's own peer-to-peer network. You can videocall with computers running either Skype for Windows 4.2 or later, or Skype for Mac 2.8 or later, or Skype for Linux or with the ASUS videophone. You can start or receive free Skype video calls on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or iPod touch 4th generation with iOS 4.0 or later firmware. The calls, unlike the current version of Apple's FaceTime video chat program, can run over 3G connections as well as Wi-Fi. The software vendor has a barebones, almost terse, blogpost about the 3.0 release.ĭownload the 3.0 version from the App Store to an iOS 4.0 device and you can place video calls to other iOS 4 devices and to Skype-equipped PCs and Macs.

Skype's iOS app for iPhone is avavilable now with video calling.

Skype for iphone 4 download