Skype on Friday launched a video messaging service that allows its users to send recorded clips thier contacts even when they are not online.

The service is currently available for users running Skype on Android, iPhone and Mac OS X computers and only to subcribers to the Skype Premium package ($10 per month.) For users of the free Skype app, the software company is offeringtwenty free messages over the next three months.

The video messsages are up to three minutes long.

Skype will release the full service will launch later this year.ffers Video Messaging Trial