

It can only access the information available in your SMS messages, such as a text message confirming your latest bank balance. Q: Does Microsoft access my bank details in order to display my bank balance?Ī: SMS Insights aggregates the relevant information from your SMS messages and presents it at a glance in smart categories. If you choose not to give this permission or revoke SMS permission at any point, then SMS Insights will be disabled. Q: Is SMS Insights automatically enabled? Can I opt out?Ī: SMS Insights is only enabled if you explicitly give SMS permission to the Skype Lite app. Full classification and categorization is done by machine learning algorithms locally on users’ phones. Q: Does Microsoft store my SMS data – is it secure?Ī: Microsoft does not store your SMS data on the servers. For example, you can get your flight status, weather information and travel tips for destinations when you click on a flight reservation card. You can tap on some SMS Insights cards to get relevant online information.
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Q: Can Microsoft read my SMS Messages using SMS Insights?Ī: Microsoft does not read your SMS Messages. It is not currently available in other markets.

Q: Why isn’t SMS Insights available in other markets?Ī: We created SMS Insights for Skype Lite with the Indian market needs in mind. Q: Which markets is SMS Insights available in?Ī: SMS Insights is a new feature for Skype Lite, which is only available to our users in India.Ī: Users in India can access SMS Insights by downloading the latest version of Skype Lite via the Google Play Store, and choosing to give SMS permission to the Skype Lite app. These models are run locally on users’ phones and are completely automated. Behind the scenes, Microsoft uses machine learning models to classify and extract relevant information from SMS on your phones.

Q: What are the benefits of SMS Insights?Ī: Using your most recent SMS messages, SMS Insights enables you to: SMS Insights aggregates the relevant information from your SMS messages and presents it at a glance in smart categories, enabling you to get things done more quickly via relevant action links. SMS Insights is a new feature for Skype Lite which is available to users in India.
