Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday that it’s finally adding call recording to its Skype video and audio calling service, but in a twist, not yet in the Windows 10 version.

The new feature comes as Microsoft desperately tries to win back fans after arguably destroying most of its goodwill by trying to turn Skype into Snapchat. The call recording feature, long wanted by users who use the app for primarily making calls, is completely cloud-based and allows users to record both audio and video, a massive boon particularly for podcasters and vloggers, or videobloggers.

Countering any privacy concerns, the new version of Skype informs everyone on a call that it is being recorded and the recording is stored on Microsoft’s Azure Cloud.

“After the call, the recording is finalized and then posted to your chat where it is available for 30 days,” the Skype team said in a blog post. “You and everyone on the call can save the recording locally or share the recording to your contacts any time during the 30 days.”

The saved recording can be easily saved to a computer as an MP4 file that can then be used for any purpose, such as vlogging or podcasting it. The recording can also be shared with others via a link to the recording on Azure.

The odd part of the announcement is that the Windows 10 version of the Skype app doesn’t support call recording, but only for the time being. “Call recording is coming to Windows 10 with the latest version of Skype releasing in the coming weeks,” the Skype Team writes.

Microsoft announced Monday that it was abandoning its weird and poorly received changes to Skype in what could only be described as an attempt to tap into the Instagram and Snapchat generation, complete with a “story” feature.

The new version of Skype complete with call recording is now available for Android, iOS and macOS.

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