How to Make Highlights on Skype

You should learn how to create Skype Highlights in the Skype app. They make it easy to share your mood, activities, and personality with other people.

Now available for iPhone and Android users, Skype Highlights lets you send funny photos or talk to your friends about your mood quickly. Take a photo of yourself or someone else, then add some text, paint and stickers. There is no messaging involved, so you don’t have to wait for them to respond directly. Also, they don’t have a Skype call to return or voicemail to listen to.

All that said, Skype Highlights is like Instagram and Snapchat. A very quick way to let everyone know what’s going on and what you’re doing. Here’s how to make Skype Highlights.

How to Make Highlights on Skype

To make Skype Highlights you must have a smartphone running the latest version of Skype and a good camera.

Start by downloading the Skype app from iTunes App Store and Google Play store. Then sign in to the app with the same Microsoft Account username and password you use on your Windows PC, Outlook.com email, or Xbox One.

Now, tap on the top left corner of your screen.

Inside the drop-down menu, tap on it.

Skype needs your permission to access your smartphone’s pictures, music and files. If that’s okay, tap on it. You cannot make Skype Highlights unless you agree.

Now take a picture of what you want to share with other people in your Skype Highlight. You can use the photo browser at the bottom of your screen to turn any picture in your phone’s gallery into a Skype Highlight.

Tap in the top right corner of your screen to doodle on your Skype Highlight with your finger. Swipe your finger along the left edge of the screen to adjust your paint color.

Like Snapchat and Instagram, Skype lets you fill your Skype Highlights with stickers. You can use as many or as few of these stickers as possible in your Skype Highlight. They do not need to share your Skype Highlight with others. Tap at the top of your screen to add a sticker.

Tap at the top of your screen to

Once you’re done adding things to your photo, tap the colored button in the lower right corner of your screen. This will share your Skype Highlight with other people.

How to See Your Friend’s Highlights on Skype

Search for your friends’ Skype Highlights by tapping the word Highlights when you first open Skype. It’s the panel to the left of your recent chats. As with Twitter or Facebook, you won’t see anything in your Skype Highlights feed unless you follow people – even if you already have Skype information for calling and messaging.

Tap the button.

Now use the Search bar at the top of your screen to search for friends you want to add to your Skype Highlights feed. Unlike on Twitter, you can’t follow a Highlights Feed on Skype without someone’s permission, so you’ll have to wait for them to approve your follow request.

Your Skype Highlights Feed should look like the following feed when you follow a few friends who regularly make Skype Highlights.