As of May 5th, 2025, Skype is retired. This change will impact both free and paid Skype users, but not Skype for Business. Skype users can move to Microsoft Teams Free, which offers many of the same …

Skype (/ skaɪp /) was a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for IP -based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls.

Nov 30, 2021 · Skype is a VoIP service, which enables people to make and receive free voice and video calls online using a computer, web browser, or mobile phone.

May 5, 2025 · There are plenty of good Skype alternatives and we've compiled a list of seven that should help you either in business or for personal calls. To make this list the apps needed to have …

As announced a few weeks ago, Microsoft has officially discontinued the Skype messaging service as of today, May 5th. Apparently, there wasn’t enough user interest to keep the once-iconic video...

Jan 12, 2025 · Skype is a free video-calling platform that Microsoft acquired for $8.5 billion over a decade ago. Skype was once the go-to video-calling app and telecommunications industry disruptor.

Nov 15, 2025 · Whether it is a one-to-one call, group, or conference call, you can just about reach anyone as long as they also have a Skype account. Skype is available on mobile devices, tablets, …

Feb 28, 2025 · Skype, which revolutionized online communication after launching in 2003, will be officially retired, Microsoft said in a blog post on Friday, Feb. 28. The final day Skype will be active is …

Microsoft is retiring the video-call platform it acquired in 2011. The tech giant (LinkedIn's parent) will shut down Skype in early May and transition users to Microsoft Teams.

Feb 28, 2025 · Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying connected in the mid-2000s.