If you are too young to remember a time before smartphones, FaceTime, and WhatsApp, take it from me that Skype’s launch was truly revolutionary. It suddenly became simple to call home if you were ...

Shut down by Microsoft, the beloved video chat app is leaving behind a very different world than the one it gave birth to.

The shutdown will impact both free and paid Skype users, but Skype for Business will continue temporarily. What happens to ...

The company finally pulled the plug on the pioneering video-messaging service after announcing it would be retired in February.

Skype struggled to compete in a market now led by Zoom, Google Meet, and FaceTime. Despite some growth during the 2020 lockdowns, Skype’s user base dwindled to 36 million by 2023, while ...

Skype is shutting down. The once-monolithic video calling platform wasn’t able to keep pace with competitors like Zoom and ...

Microsoft has confirmed it will permanently shut down Skype in May 2025, ending a two-decade run of the once-dominant video calling platform and steering users toward its Teams service.

Earlier this year the company announced that the end was nigh, and now it has arrived. Microsoft is offering path to migrate ...