Instead of taking up minutes on the phone, Facebook pushes most phone calls over VoIP, similar to Skype, Viber and WhatsApp. After the call is finished, Facebook will show website and email addresses, for follow up messages. The dialer taps into Facebook’s database when making a call, pulling up information stored on the number like photo, biography and other relevant information. Hello has a few new features to make it more than the typical dialer application on Android, including harnessing Facebook’s large social network to search for people and businesses.

To download the updated Skype app, simply visit /m from your Android device or grab it from Android Market.Facebook has officially launched ‘Hello’, another oddly vague name for the new Android dialer, which is available on the Google Play App Store for free starting today.

You will need a supported Android Gingerbread device with a forward-facing camera, which at the time of this writing included the HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia pro and Google Nexus S (more handsets coming soon, Skype says). A new mood message box at the top of the Skype app menu makes it easier than ever to share how you are feeling, what you’ve seen or what you’re up to. There’s a new main menu on the Skype app for Android where you can navigate easily through your contacts, access your Skype profile to change personal details, use the dial pad to make calls, see the balance of your Skype Credit and, of course, make video calls. According to a post over at the Skype blog, the Skype for Android 2.0 app sports a complete redesign of the user interface: As Apple fans have been anxiously awaiting the native Skype app for iPad for days, the company has updated its Android app with one-to-one video calls over both wireless and cellular networks.

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