As requested on Skype garage... When I first start the Skype app on iPad 3rd gen and make a call to say echo123 it initially starts with speaker then after a 1-2 seconds switches to bluetooth for rest of call and I can alternate between Bluetooth/speaker using icon. Subsequent calls start with bluetooth enabled but immediately switch over to speaker and the icon to switch does not work. At end of call it reverts to Bluetooth. I have been hoping for years that skype, Bluetooth And iOS would work properly as this would become my preferred international call method. Can test Jabra clip, Sony mw600, and plantonica voyager pro if useful.

Will not work with iPad2. Why?

MM100 SENNHEISER Device pairs and works well with Music, YouTube, ...

 

It only does not work with Skype;

 

No bluetooth icon during the call;

 

Hi,

 

I'm having trouble with bluetooth headphones ans skype. I upgraded to the latest version of skype in a 4gn ipod touch (iOS 5.1.1 (9B206)). 

 

I tried with two BT headphones: one is an original Motorola S9 and the other one is a "unoficial" dealextreme S9 headset. Both have the same problem.

 

I can use both normally to hear music, and all the buttons works normally. So they are paired and in use normally.

 

When I start a call in skype (echo service, for example) it shows both options (internal speakerphone and BT headset), but it always sets to the internal speaker. It changes the middle icon to the internal speaker, no matter how much I click to change to the BT headset.

 

I works well with the internal speaker, but I want to use with the headset!

 

Please contact me if you have any questions.

I don't know why I'm bothering to post on here but I guess I will because I can just simply talk to my iPad and quickly describe the problems I've been experiencing with this... The bottom line is Bluetooth just doesn't work with Skype on the iPhone or the iPad.b it doesn't say paired and it just doesn't work. I have several high-quality Bluetooth devices that work in every other way with the iPhone. this includes music and phone calls.bb they work flawlessly on the Skype app is unreliable doesn't doesn't say connected and simply doesn't work. You guys have had nearly one year to fix this yet it still remains unfixed. I have a Plantronics Bluetooth headset Logitech Bluetooth headset and a rocket fish Bluetooth headset from Best Buy. all work fine on the iPhone and for both phone conversations and music but the Skype app just will not remain connected you have to constantly tell your buggy to use Bluetooth use Bluetooth it's a total pain ruins conversations and I just don't use Skype at all and it's really reducing my opinion of your brand because you won't fix this simple problem. Please fix these issues soon or I will be canceling my account as soon as a better alternative becomes available from Google or someone like that. I find this to be highly likely that they will have a solution that works before you to be honest... I simply advocate what works and your app does not work at all with Bluetooth on the iPhone. Thus you won't be having me as your advocate until this is resolved... Truly yours, a frustrated potential advocate... Steve

I have used several different BT headsets with Skype, Jabra, others.  They all paired.  I could hear/speak.  The quality of the speak is 100% dependent on the bandwidth on my Wi-Fi.  That 2 BIGGEST issues I have are:

 

1) The BT connection is not consistent, meaning, sometimes I can use it, sometimes I can't.  Even though Skype lists my BT as an option to choose from, as well as the handset, many times I cannot get Skype to switch to the BT device.

2) If an AT&T call comes in, Skype is interrupted and the caller is put on hold.  I realize that this is not a BT specific issue.  That said, it makes my using my iPhone with Skype virtually impossible.

 

Hope this information is helpful!

When I first start the Skype app on iPad 2nd gen, IOS 5.1.1 and make a call to say echo123 sometimes the first call starts with speaker then after a 1-2 seconds switches to bluetooth for rest of call and I can alternate between Bluetooth/speaker using icon. Subsequent calls the bluetooth doesn't work

This is really annoying. I'm using Samsung WEP 490 and works for everything else on ipad just fine (except skype)

I have the same problem with iphone 2, IOS 5.1.1. same WEP 490. First call, ok, then BT doesn't work. Everything else with BT works fine, including calls using AT&T. It is very annoying not to be able to use skype hands free and I think the company is not paying attention to this issue.

Disappointing, especially since I'm a paying customer

When Skype for iPhone 3.5 was released last fall, I reported on a successfull Skype for iPhone call (between Canada and England) using the Bluetooth connection between my iPhone 4 and a Volvo audio system. It was totally hands-free (required to be legal in Ontario) and the voice quality was excellent.

FWIW, in terms of a success example.

 

The post was on Voice On The Web; this editor, while having a hyperlink icon, does not appear to allow hyperlinks. Search under voiceontheweb.biz/tag/skype-for-iphone for the post about Skype for iPhone 3.5.

 

Lots of verbiage on the problem for weeks now where is the solution?