With the Skype Translator's takeoff, users would be able to communicate in a variety of languages. The tool update supports German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, and Mandarin.

The Skype tool that comes as a bundle of the desktop Skype client update can be triggered with a simple on-off button. To get on the go, the users would need to download the desktop version of Skype with Translator and make sure that their headset and audio settings are configured appropriately.

After installing the update, users then could select a contact to call, tap or click on the globe icon, and choose the languages that the user and the other person speaks.

According to Skype, early users of the preview have assisted the app to progress immensely. Now that the update is offered on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10, the company assumes to open up a whole new world of potentials across not only in distances but also in spoken languages. The tool still has a preview status regardless of its global release.

Though Skype Translator functioned, it would not be completely precise until millions were giving translation information daily. When users get the tool update, users will see in the top right of the Skype window a globe icon. Clicking on it will turn the tool on, letting users see real-time interpretations of speech and text. Verbal messages are interpreted in audio, while there would also be captions.

According to Skype, the tool would get more precise over time with more people using the application. The Director of Product Management Lee Ott stated that the tool is still in the early stages. The Translator update is only currently available on desktop, and there are no release dates yet for Mac or mobile. On the other hand, a mobile launch would be anticipated at least sooner rather than later.