Facebook has landed in the Skype desktop application for Windows, confirming rumors that had been floating around. The latest version of Skype for Windows PCs went public on Wednesday with some important new features such as group video calling, automatic call recovery and Facebook integration. Rumors that Skype and Facebook were working together emerged in late September after All Things D obtained a screenshot of the new Skype software.

Skype in Facebook is obviously a big win for both companies. U.S. users spent more than 40 million minutes in August on the social network, according to data from comScore. Skype users worldwide spend an average of 520 million minutes every day using the online voice and video chat service, according to Rick Osterloh, Skype's head of consumer products.

In Skype's new desktop application for Windows, Facebook has its own tab along with tabs for your Skype profile information and a Skype home tab that displays tutorial information about Skype.

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