The Skype application is one of the most popular within the network since it allows its users to communicate with their loved ones, thanks to a simple and fast interface, which has multiple tools and communication plans, being preferred over any other app.
However, within the tools and functionalities that this application includes, you have the possibility to see if the person is online or if, failing that, I place a special notice with which they request not to be disturbed. All this, you can know through the icons that you can see in the “Contact List”.
How to know the activity status of the contacts within your Skype?
- Start by downloading the Skype application, which is available for PC and cell phone; once downloaded, you must log in with your account or if you do not have it, fill out the user creation form, which will not take more than 10 minutes
- Once you have logged in and you can view your contact list, you must proceed to locate the contact of the person with whom you want to speak within said list. If you want to locate said contact in a much simpler and faster way, you can use the search engine on the page and there place the name of the person in order to find it more quickly.
- When you have located the person in question, it will only remain for you to observe right next to the name, if it has a round icon in green, since that mark will indicate that said contact is online and therefore is connected to Skype. This will indicate that you can call your contact through this platform.
Skype states may vary depending on what the user places, for this reason, we will talk a little more about it and the correct way to interpret them below.
The meaning of each state within Skype
- Active: It means that the person you are trying to contact is online within the application, so you can make calls and messages without any problem.
- Recently active: This is a special option, which is reflected in those people who use the application within their phone, so what people will see is the moment in which you stopped using the application very recently. For this reason, it is not surprising that the same app, after you have been active for 4 minutes, changes your status to recently active.
- Absent: This message means that a while ago, you stopped using the application, but, nevertheless, this does not mean that people stopped writing to you.
- Busy: This is the state that is used so that you can have the application open, but nevertheless, you do not receive any type of notification regarding messages or calls. Therefore all the sounds of the application will be silenced until you change the status of the application.
Know a trick to know if a contact is connected, but in “Invisible” mode
This is one of the most basic tricks to know if a person is simply in invisible mode since for this, you must start by sending a message to the contact you suspect is in ” invisible ” mode and here you must proceed to see if the same, once the messages have been sent, the wheel itself stays spinning.
If this is so, it means that the contact is not really available within the application; As long as the wheel keeps turning, it means that the message has not been delivered to its final addressee.
But without on the contrary, once you send the message, said wheel disappears, it means that the message has been delivered and that said user is in invisible mode. Remember to keep Skype updated on your mobile device to enjoy all its functions to the fullest.