Automatic Updates Never Work

In all the years I have been using Skype desktop client, I don't think it has ever auto-updated itself despite this feature being enabled (and on several different computers).
I am currently running Windows 8.1 Pro (fully up to date).
Today I performed a manual update check and as usual it said that I already have the latest version of Skype installed which is currently 7.0.0.102
Just to make sure, I checked the current download version on the Skype website.
This shows 7.1.60.105
I tried disabling my AV software and also the firewall just in case they were causing a problem but it made no difference.
Any ideas please? This is quite annoying!
Alan

Thanks for the reply.
I've already mentioned that I tried completely disabling my antivirus and firewall.
You say that the most recent version may not be available for my computers yet, but the point I am making is that it has NEVER auto updated in YEARS of use.
I still don't understand why Skype should be so different to all other apps that work properly.
And how am I supposed to know whether an update is available?
No version numbers are published. The only way to find out if there's an update is to download the file and check the file properties.
Alan

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