Microsoft just released a new teaser video for its upcoming Windows 10 and it shows a glimpse of a new messaging app for the OS.
The highly-anticipated Windows 10 is set to start rolling out to PCs next week, on July 29. Back in January, Microsoft announced a Skype messaging experience as part of Universal Windows apps, which would allow users to chat via Skype directly from the Messaging app and Phone users to switch to SMS.
The new Skype messaging experience will not be available with Windows 10 at launch, however, as it will arrive later on. Some reports have speculated that the Skype and Phone messaging app would arrive with Threshold 2, which is expected to roll out in October, but it remains unconfirmed for now.
Using Windows 10 to go from texting on Skype to texting on the phone is a neat ability, but Microsoft has yet to reveal just when this new Skype messaging experience will become available.
Nevertheless, the company has now release a new teaser video for Windows 10 and the 24-second mark of the video clearly shows the Messaging app, complete with its integration into the Action Center, displaying inline responses (see image above). This is the first glimpse of what the app could look like when it eventually makes its debut on Windows 10.
It appears to be very similar to the functionality demonstrated back in January for the Phone, which is not all that surprising considering that Microsoft plans to unify its platforms as much as it can.
At the same time, it's worth pointing out that this could be just a mockup of the app, which means that Microsoft could change some design elements before it actually releases the app later this year.
The ability to send chat messages via Skype or your phone by using your Windows 10 PC would be a great new option, significantly simplifying the whole messaging process. It remains to be seen just when Microsoft will finally release the feature, but it may be worth the wait.
In the meantime, check out the company's Windows 10 teaser video shown to get a better idea of what to expect from the upcoming operating system (OS).
