
The 79.6-megabyte download requires an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 7.0 or later. Share your current location or the location of a place you’re chatting about. Share locations with friends and family using the paperclip icon in chat.Or, enable location access manually by setting Location in Settings > Skype to “While Using the App”.

Of course, before you can share locations via Skype, you will have to grant Skype access to your location when using this feature for the first time. Just use the search field at the top of the map picker to search for a desired location. In addition to sharing your current geographical location, you can also share the location of a place you’re chatting about. You recipient can then tap on an embedded map to expand it full screen and request driving directions through Apple Maps. Now tap on the checkmark icon in the upper right corner of the screen to send your location to a friend.

Tap Location to share your current position, as determined by your iPhone’s GPS and Wi-Fi location services.

A menu will pop up offering to attach a photo to the chat, a short video or a location on the map.

To start sharing your location, switch to the chat screen and tap on the clip icon on the left side of the text entry field. The new version of Skype arrived hot on the heels of a recent update which brought out handy web link previews in the chat window and replying with dictation on Apple Watch. The Microsoft-owned VoIP program was bumped to version 5.14 Monday to make it trivial to share your current geographical location, or your favorite place, with friends and family using the paperclip icon in the chat window. Moreover, this edition of Skype introduces unspecified improvements. Skype for iPhone has picked up the ability to share a location with others in its latest update in the App Store.
