Skype

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4.6
11.8M reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

Skype – Connect, Create, Talk & Discover, now with Microsoft Copilot

COPILOT YOUR WAY THROUGH LIFE
Use Microsoft Copilot in Skype
Work smarter, be more productive, boost creativity and stay connected to the people and things in your life with Copilot – an AI companion that works everywhere you do and on any device.
Whatever you're into – browsing the web, searching for answers, exploring your creative potential, or coming up with more useful content, Copilot can help you uncover new possibilities.

SKYPE WITH ANYONE FOR FREE
Skype is the best way to stay connected with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Whether you want to talk to your family, friends or colleagues. You can make free video calls with up to 100 people, send and receive text messages, use ChatGPT with others, send voice messages, emojis, share your screen to show what you’re working on.

PERSONALISED NEWS
With Skype's Channels you can get free personalised news. Stay informed, productive, entertained and inspired with up-to-date news.

• Privacy and Cookies policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=507539
• Microsoft Services Agreement: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=530144
• EU Contract Summary: https://go.skype.com/eu.contract.summary
• Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2259814

Access Permissions:
All permissions are optional and require consent (you can continue using Skype without granting these permissions, but certain features may not be available).

• Contacts - Skype can sync and upload your device contacts to Microsoft's servers so that you can easily find and connect with your contacts that already use Skype.
• Microphone - The microphone is needed for people to hear you during audio or video calls or for you to record audio messages.
• Camera - The camera is needed for people to see you during video calls, or for you to be able to take photos or videos whilst you’re using Skype.
• Location - You can share your location with other users or use your location to help find relevant places near you.
• External Storage - Storage is needed to be able to store photos or to share your photos with others you may chat with.
• Notifications - Notifications allow users to know when messages or calls are received even when Skype is not actively used.
• Read Phone state - Access to phone state allows you to place a call on hold when a regular phone call is in progress.
• System Alert Window - This setting allows Skype screensharing, which requires access to all information on the screen or played on the device whilst you record or broadcast content.
Updated on
5 Feb 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 9 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
10.7M reviews
C. Bangerter
27 January 2025
I need this app to be able to answer incoming calls automatically. I have enabled the necessary settings, but it JUST WON'T DO IT. Also, on mobile, if you set it to focus the speaker, and if there's only ONE participant who has their mic and video on, and as soon as THAT PARTICIPANT makes any noise, the speaker view automatically switches and stays stuck on a MUTED PARTICIPANT. You can only "pin" participants on the computer, not mobile.
54 people found this review helpful
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Benjamin Gau
14 January 2025
Haven't received call notifications lately. Picture-in-picture also doesn't work as expected, so hopefully you aren't trying to multi-task on your phone; backgrounding the app doesn't open a floating bubble, and when I go back to Skype, my video is frozen, so I need to turn off and on my camera constantly. Maybe I have unrealistic expectations, but it feels like this app sucks battery too; I lost 17% battery over a 1-hr video call
97 people found this review helpful
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Clark
3 February 2025
Poorly optimized for phones and slow as molasses on budget phones despite not having any significant new features over the last decade. Constantly getting added to scam groups and having to block and report. This app has been replaced by better services and they know it so they've stopped trying. Just use zoom or discord.
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What's new

- Sign in faster: Already signed into another Microsoft app? No need to re-enter your password in Skype.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Visit https://go.skype.com/whatsnew for more details.