Skype
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Skype offers free video and voice calls, instant messaging, and affordable landline and mobile calls, all on multiple devices. With over 300 million users worldwide, you can connect easily, share moments, and stay in touch effortlessly. Supports up to 250 users in Skype for Business.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- Android Wear
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Recent News
- POX published news article about SkypeSkype is officially shutting down for good today, as Microsoft transitions users to Teams
Skype, the once-popular video call platform, is officially being discontinued as of today, marking ...
- Maoholguin published news article about SkypeMicrosoft is finally killing off Skype after over 20 years, shifting focus to Teams
Microsoft has officially announced that Skype will be retired in May 2025, after 22 years of servic...
- Maoholguin published news article about SkypeMicrosoft is now removing ads from Skype on all platforms
Microsoft has announced new features for Skype, now available to testers in its "Skype Insider Prog...
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- Updated Apr 3, 2025
- 4.72 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
Even though it's still technically functional, it is not private or secure enough for me. I want something decentralized and distributed. I want nobody to peek into my text or calls. See Jami for example.
Skype was pretty terrible from the start, but it has been completely devastated through recent updates. The UWP version of the client was (like almost every UWP app) an entirely unusable, feature-free toy that wasn't useful for anything, but at least we could use the legacy desktop version. Now my Windows 7 client was updated to a similarly horrible version that won't let me do any of the things I used to do in Skype anymore.
It's one of those mind-bogglingly bloated Electron applications, which means you'll get a 180 MB monstrosity of a JS framework and browser, for functionality that used to fit into 3 MB. Of course that also means that its UI is built with web technologies, which means it's a disgrace to even call it a desktop app – it's not anymore. It's as numbingly slow and high-latency as you would expect a web app to be. Don't even get me started on memory consumption. 400 MB in idle without any windows open? You bet. Damned be the day that web developers began to be able/allowed to develop for Desktop, because they don't have a freaking clue what they're doing.
Of course, the best part is that it's a complete re-write, with an estimated 95% of the features that the previous Skype clients had simply gone without replacement. Contact groups? Gone. Chat search? Gone. Configuration options? Gone. Now it's just another flashy-looking but useless toy that doesn't cater to anyone's needs anymore, with the only distinguishing feature being that some old contacts of yours might still be using it. Ditch it, the sooner the better.
NOW A DEAD APP. wish we could have a version alternative review. the 2005 version was the best.
"Suggested" feature is extremely annoying and has to be disabled manually every time the app starts. And like any Microsoft app, it is getting worse with every iteration. If I did not have a friend that uses Skype and can not be easily taught other apps, I would have deleted it a long time ago.
Skype is compatible with SMS, but it uses a separate phone number, so it is not a replacement for Apple Messages.
"Discover a quick, simple way to connect via SMS online (text messaging) anytime, anywhere with Skype." "A Skype Number is a second phone number which is attached to your Skype account."
https://www.skype.com/en/features/ https://secure.skype.com/en/skype-number/
It's alight. I was suing zoom for a while but came back to Skype
ah yes. another microsoft product that is bloated and slow af.