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 ...

Microsoft has officially announced the shutdown of Skype on May 5, 2025, after nearly 22 years of service. The company is now ...

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 ...

But the rise of competitors like FaceTime and Zoom—and the failure ... The remaining user base can now log in to Teams using Skype credentials. “If they do want to come to Teams, then the ...

At one point, Skype was the go-to option for video calls. This was before FaceTime became an option for mobile users and webcams started to capture in more than 720p. It has since paved the way ...

Sure, Skype may not have aged gracefully in a world powered by Zoom, WhatsApp, and FaceTime, but it definitely paved the way for all of them! While Microsoft Teams offers many of the same features ...

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

Of course, it’s unfortunate that technology constitutes “the ground beneath” Gen Z. And so the experience naturally expands to their social and interior realms. Part of that is because technology is ...

The video conferencing app officially shut down on Monday, marking the end of its long run. In a post on Microsoft’s blog back in February, the company said Skype will be retired in and will focus on ...