Send a Video Message in Skype for HTC One M8

Edited by Thor, Alexander Avdeev, Eng

Hello! Welcome! In this video tutorial, we are going to show you how to send a video message in Skype on the HTC One M8.

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Steps

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    To begin, we need to turn the phone on by pressing the power button located on the top of the phone
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    Then, we need to swipe the lock screen upwards
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    We'll be taken to the home screen.
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    We now need to tap the application icon to open up the applications folder
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    The application icon is located at the bottom of the screen in the middle. The icon has a grid made up of white dots.
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  4. 4
    In the application folder, we need to find and tap the Skype icon
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    The icon is a white "S" on top of a blue cloud or bubble. Tapping the icon will open up the application.
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  5. 5
    In order to send a video message, we need to find one of our own contacts and tap it
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    In this video, we tap "tom thumb".
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    We need to tap the plus icon to open up the "Chat options" menu
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    It is located at the left side above the virtual keyboard. The icon has a blue circle with a white plus or cross in the middle.
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    We need to tap the "Send video message" option
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    We'll be using the front camera.
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    We can make a video by tapping the big red icon
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    The video will start to be recorded. The time limit is three minutes. That's how long we have to make this video message. We can talk and do anything we want. The camera is going to record it all.
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    Once we have finished recording, we can tap the white icon again
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    The will stop the recording. In this tutorial, there will be 16 seconds of video in total.
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    We can play the video back by tapping the blue circle with the play icon
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    It is a white triangle.
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    We can pause it by tapping the pause icon
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    That is how we create a video. We can play it back, pause it, and listen to the different parts of it, depending on what we need.
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  12. 12
    Once we are satisfied with the recording, we tap the word "Send"
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    It is located in the blue bar. We will see that the video message will be in the chat. It will take some time to upload it. The circle in the image will be moving until it turns into the blue circle with the white play icon in the middle. We have successfully sent this video as a message. We are ready to watch this video if we want to.
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    If we want to send more video messages, we just follow the same procedure
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This concludes the video tutorial on how to send a video message in Skype on the HTC One M8. If you have any questions, comments, or queries, regarding this video or about the application that we've been using in this video, then please leave them in the comment section below. We shall answer them for you.

Video: Send a Video Message in Skype for HTC One M8

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