Skype

Skype

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About this app

Skype keeps the world talking. Say “hello” with an instant message, voice or video call – all for free*.

Use Skype to send SMS messages to mobiles worldwide and with SMS Connect you can now also read and reply to your phone's SMS messages right from your computer. SMS connect will be released gradually.

• Video calls – Don’t just hear the cheers, see them! Get together with 1 or 24 of your friends and family on a HD video call. Watch everyone’s smiles and cries when you tell them “We’re engaged!!!"
• Chat – Reach people instantly. Send messages to your friends, grab someone’s attention with @ mentions, or create a group chat to plan a family reunion.
• SMS Connect - Read and reply to your phone's SMS messages in Skype on your PC or Mac.
• Share – Send photos and videos with your family and friends. Save shared photos and videos to your camera roll. Share your screen to make travel plans with friends or present designs to your team.
• Voice calls – Camera shy? Make voice calls to anyone in the world on Skype. You can also call mobile and landlines at low rates.
• Express yourself – Liven up conversations with emoticons, click on the “+” in chat to send a Giphy or images from the web, and annotate images with words, lines and more.

By downloading the Skype Preview, you’ll gain early access to our newest and coolest features. Of course, while you’re having fun, know that this app is a work in progress. We're hoping to get your vital feedback as we add new enhancements and features to Skype. Simply click the heart icon on the main screen and you will be able to send your comments to our team, helping us shape the future of Skype.

Skype is available on phones, tablets, PCs and Macs.

*Skype to Skype calls are free. Operator data charges may apply. We recommend using an unlimited data plan or WiFi connection.

Ratings and reviews

The app is becoming increasingly more annoying: For a while already, unless you click on the screen, it does not show any more, how many minutes you are on the call, whether or not the mic is muted and — in typical Microsoft fashion — they got rid of your extended call history. Adding numbers is a pain. As is deleting them. The latest thing is the app not showing up any more in the list of open apps, which means, if you want to close it, you have to force close it in app manager. Avoiding clues?

When 8 came, it was so buggy that I decided to reupload the version 7 and stay with it. Couple of years later (2019), I'm forced by Skype to use 8 and forced to observe that 8 is still as bad as 2 years ago... but with more features. I don't get it. There are 2 things that they are supposed to do: stable video and stable audio stream. why do they simply fail achieving it! I will now test alternative softwares and when I find one, try to convince the rest of the family to join it.

Opens automatically when I want to make a regular phone call, without having asked for permission. I remember something similar happening before but quite a while ago. They just don't learn. Other than that - it's Skype. It crashes, is unreliable. The same since all these years. They just focus on making the UI fancy.

What's new

We're listening to your feedback and working hard to improve Skype.

What's new?
- Use search in Skype to find your meeting and join it immediately
- Add an Emoticon, sticker, or photo to customize your group chat/meeting
- Bug fixes and improvements

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