Skype - free IM & video calls

Skype

- September 20, 2016

Everyone

Communication

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Description

Skype keeps the world talking. Say “hello” with an instant message, voice or video call—all for free, no matter what device they use Skype on.

• Talk face to face with a video call.
• New group video calls with up to 25 people.
• Free voice calls to anyone else on Skype. Add up to 25 people on a group call.
• Message your friends in an instant and add up to 300 people to a group chat.
• Call mobiles and landlines at low rates (Skype to Skype calls are always free).
• Share photos, video messages, your location and add emoticons and Mojis to your chat.
• Skype’s available on smartphones, tablets, PCs, and Macs. Now it’s even easier to stay connected to friends and family – no matter the device they’re on.

* Operator data charges may apply. We recommend using an unlimited data plan or WiFi connection.

Reviews

4.1

9,114,509 total

5 5,487,630

4 1,525,133

3 822,049

2 402,696

1 875,302

SONALI BANERJEE

WORST EXPERIENCE Atleast for me, its really worst video call experience. I couldnt connect or talk properly with my parents and not even with my brother in UK. I use 4G service which is instantaneous while connecting any site or video call but when comes to skype, it gets worse. Please correct the features or else soon some other services may over power it.

Stephen Beckett

No way to send text messages to people not on Skype Used to use it to send text messages when I was traveling but can't anymore. To be able to send a text the person has to be added to your Skype contacts list however some of the people I text don't have Skype so I can't add them to my contacts it says not found when I search for their number and so can't send them texts. Used to be could send texts to any phone number but not anymore seems you can only contact other people on Skype. Will find another app instead.

Dániel Molnár

Random system crash Skype has the best call quality, and requires the least data to call. But the app caused system crash twice, while I was in a video call. The whole phone was frozen, and rebooted itself in 10-15 seconds. I have HTC 10. It is still happening after this update. And I never get notifications of messages. And sometimes calls. People can't reach me. It doesn't matter which version I used. It happened in every versions.

A Google User

Still crashes, audio drops out Runs okay on my Motorola Xoom tablet with video calling. Unfortunately, the app crashes the entire system after an indeterminate amount of time during a video call, causing the tablet to reboot. This is still an issue after several updates to the latest version. There is no audio alerting me to incoming calls. During calls, audio frequently cuts out, making it difficult to communicate.

Fernando Alvarez

Missing some little features Switching from IOS to Android. I feel downgraded on Android's version of Skype. It's missing the option to set yourself away. It also doesn't display the timestamps automatically, you have to click the message for that. One more thing is that I'll like to have my favorite contacts on top like on IOS. Besides those little features (I know I'm a bit picky) it's way much more faster and stable than the IOS version and I love it even more for that!

Matjaz Lapan

Unreliable - payable sent SMS never reach Sent SMS never reach recepient, nevertheless Skype says SENT - no warnings that it is not delivered. It looks ok, only later you will learn people never receive your answers, instructions, apologies... even though this is payable service - completely unreliable.

User reviews

SONALI BANERJEE September 22, 2016

Stephen Beckett September 24, 2016

Dániel Molnár September 23, 2016

A Google User September 24, 2016

Fernando Alvarez September 21, 2016

Matjaz Lapan September 23, 2016

Sam Salt September 22, 2016

SHITTY I've always trusted Skype, and I've used it since time immemorial,however Skype's recent behavior led to deem it suspicious.Not only does it not notify you of new messages (made me miss some important updates),I've also received links to weird websites from my friends only to find out that they did not send it. while I was trying to call someone, all of sudden Skype decided to share an audio file of God knows what to the person I was trying to call.I wish I could find something more reliable than Skype

Ela Milo September 21, 2016

Working well Its been working well with me.. I have been using this app for years and I tried using it with different phones, tablets and computers as well. I noticed that it doesnt work well depending on the unit that you are using and with the speed of your connection. I only had issues during christmas and new year, also when its snowing a lot in my fiance's place that its difficult to connect.

Georgios P September 23, 2016

Calls are not connecting and Video Calls are crashing For the calls I got the subscription and managed to make a few calls, but now it is not connecting. For the video calls, it crashes after a while and I have to restart my phone HTC 10. My internet connection is stable, so this is not the issue.

Awanish Bharati September 22, 2016

Facebook sign in option a issue Knowing that 1.6% share of fb is with microsoft and skype had been acquired by m'soft in 2011. Microsoft provided their consumer with facebook sign in option on pc version app but its a great glitch that this is absent on mobile or tab version app. Hope m'soft to solve this problem

Joseph Jarrell September 20, 2016

Absolutely Amazing! Don't know why there's so many bad reviews for my 4G LG Optimus it works perfectly! I use this every day literally nearly the entire day cause i am currently in a LDR long.distance. relationship with my now Fiancée and.have been using Skype for a year straight nearly all day for the entire time. It's a very high quality well made useful great app that has been very very helpful to our relationship i must say! Can't blame the app itself if someone's device simply can't do well with it. Some don't some.do.😀

rajesh katal September 21, 2016

No lesson learnt from history. There are numerous examples where companies dashed from Sky to ground with in no time. Skype adapted very rigid beaurcratic approach as of changes are concerned in this fast paced world. For years there are some issues which you damn care to address. First limited and illogical choice of monthly subscription. Second heating issue and heavy data usage issue. We can pray to god good sense prevail. Otherwise you may Nokia of tomorrow. Now the responsibility lies with google Duo to kills skype attitude.

Ryan Hodges September 21, 2016

App works pretty good This works pretty good for international calling. Text message tone is a little "bloop" sound that is so faint it's almost impossible to hear and you can't change it. Please, please help us out here.

Dan Africk September 21, 2016

Imported all phone contacts without permission It importanted all my phone contacts into my work account without permission. There us no way to remove them except manually, one-by-one. Words cannot describe how much I hate Skype right now..

September 22, 2016

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge fail App unpredictable and inconsistent since day 1 with S7 edge. OS and app up-to-date yet I get persistent connection issues, calls always dropping, terrible sound, poor picture quality, camera constantly freezes - if it starts at all. Reinstalling doesn't fix, neither do Google-found tips. But, if using on iPhone 6 on the same wifi network, I get zero problems. In fact, never had any problems on any device over past 15 years. One star - but unsure if I should be rating the app or the phone; no other app dies.

Hyperio September 20, 2016

I endured Skype for ages. Now replaced it with Google Duo. "We are always looking for ways to improve Skype.." Yeah of course you are MS! Your app is awful. Constant crashes, bad video/audio quality, and loading times that give Bloodborne a run for its money. It's okay though - Google have just released Duo. Finally i can video call without your shìt. My use of Skype is now restricted to laptop use every now and then. (With your ads deactivated by the way). See yaaaaaaaaaaa

kam Johnson September 22, 2016

Constant flow of inconsistency Stop the conversation glitches when one or more people involved has not yet installed latest update. Original review: Constant updates, most of which deprive app of certain functionalility, only to have next update return some use and wreck some other aspect instead. Don't expect to get comfortable with anything if you download this. There are rarely any explanations for what changes they are trying to make on the updates. That could make the difficulties easier to accept..

russell duarte September 21, 2016

Skype always drops our call Sometimes pictures are ok but we are not getting our moneys worth. I enjoy it once apon a time but not now. SAD. U should have a better way to recover and get your account back I cannot back into Skype.

Colten Southwood September 23, 2016

Confusing & couldn't get it to work The only reason I got the app is so I could call some friends, but for some reason none of my calls will go through. I'm up to date and everything, the calls just won't work. Although the messaging still works as far as I can tell, so at least I can text people and such.

Edgar Rojas September 20, 2016

Useless app nowadays because WhatsApp, but video calls are still okay! I remove 2 stars because it's all the time very slow and laggy! Improve your app. Make it lighter, faster, and give it a better design. If you don't do so, your app will die soon!

Luuk Posthuma September 20, 2016

Bad in the way it's supposed to be good in You can't even call someone for 30 seconds before you can't and see each other anymore. Even after tryings dozens of times, the video and the audio just stop working. I should be able to just call someone with Skype right? Well Skype says no to that :/

Gail Bjork September 23, 2016

Bloated and slow opening Unlike any other app on my smartphone, Skype takes 18— 20 seconds to open. Unacceptable. The app has become so bloated it is no longer a pleasure to use.

September 20, 2016

Dissatisfaction Many bugs like slow volume in microphone, video does not start all the times. Too average product from a multibillion company. Hangouts or viber are much better.

Rowan White September 23, 2016

Unreliable, terrible performance No end of issues with this 34mb app!!! Insanely huge and it never works properly.. Can't browse contacts properly, can't use phone contacts properly, phone overheats, app crashes (also the only app that crashes my macbook). Notice how all their latest updates are not improvements, they are just fixes for ridiculous issues.. In short, Skype have lost the plot...

Joao Machado September 24, 2016

heavy i dont understand why skype needs 80 mb of storage(only for base app) and uses like 90 MB of RAM on idle!! please make it lighter and efficient. It feels slow and resource hungry.

Gabriel Loera September 20, 2016

It doesn't work Every time I try to make a video call the video goes out after a few minutes and never comes back. Sometimes, the video doesn't work at all in the first place. Stay away from this thing.

Randy Tasajaya September 21, 2016

How does your contacts storage system / database actually work? I've edited my Skype's contacts name on my phone, it saved perfectly, and after a while it also saved in Skype desktop app perfectly, and after that it just reverts back to the previous names. Microsoft, why is your cross-app system so disappointing, not to mention inconsistent and unfinished?

Melisa Antic September 21, 2016

Spam messages after update Skype updated on its own last night and this morning I discovered that most of my contacts got a file that I never sent.

Laura Butchart September 22, 2016

Rubbish, doesn't work can't call contacts, no useful help/support, pointless answers to pointless questions. Used to use this app but now it doesn't do its only function therefore pointless app

Haylea Gaunt September 20, 2016

Still not super great The app is slow, buggy, and over all awful. My calls lag and look awful no matter what WiFi I use and they hardly hold for a good amount of time. Update: now its very annoying while I'm on Skype it won't let me adjust the size of my face it just switches it with the person I'm skyping with. Hate the new feature.

Kanta Taneja September 24, 2016

Moto G3 not working People status is not getting updated if they are online or what. I call people but there is no call received the same time on the other end and when i try to disconnect the red button is irresponsive. I remove from recent apps but still the annoying sound of making call continues untill i force stop the app from setting. Skype android is worst.

Steven Rodriguez September 24, 2016

Video Camera Calling Issues You guys still haven't fixed the big where you need to have your video camera up on mobile to see the other person's face/screenshare. Fix that so that we don't need to do this.

gerald baillie September 21, 2016

Gerryb I think Skype is great. Then I started having trouble with my credit. Having £14 + in credit told them it disappeared it then returned. Then I changed to o2 because I had to walk about 2 miles to get a signal on three company. Now on o2 and my credit keeps disappearing?

dawson thompson September 23, 2016

Really tired of the broken messaging system fix it This recent update sucks I no longer get notified when a message is sent to me until 6 hours later and every time I try to do something on my phone while in a call my phone constantly flickers it's really annoying this never happened until the recent update no other app does this so please fix this crap

K Zia September 24, 2016

When I make a video call. Either I or my caller in the other side can't seem to see each other during a video call!! Maybe i am doing something wrong!!!! I also cant hear them calling me. There is also the message which i missed and onky got to see it the next day, which in return has expired..... Kindly please help. Thanks

Lucia L September 20, 2016

NO NOTIFICATIONS!!! App don't show when someone is calling or sending messages Skype in my phone is always on, I never log off, but it doesn't show when someone is calling, this is annoying, and difficult for people to reach me... Is there a way to receive them in a normal way, or I need always to check it?????? For example, my mom is travelling and she is calling by skype but I have NO NOTIFICATION (my Skype is on) she always need to call by phone number to tell that she is calling on Skype.....that's awfull. I love skype...but please fix this. Thank you. Best regards, Lucy.

Kristina Werstine September 22, 2016

Tends to give me more trouble then the pc version. Also it would be nice to customize that bar under the message box i keep hitting that stupid location thing that i wouldn't use in the first place

Sandra Eavenson September 23, 2016

Can't get incoming calls The app has been pretty unreliable for incoming calls on the s6 and after I updated it's worse. Tried every combination of settings in addition to default. I have to be emailed so I can call the other party.

Juan Baptista September 22, 2016

In-call dialer bug Great app with an annoying bug. When placing a call in my Galaxy S7, if the phone switches to landscape mode and back to vertical mode again, the in-call dialer will not show up correctly, instead it appears shrunk and the numbers are merely visible. Please fix since it is rather impractical since this happens regularly given the fact that when you place the phone against one's head the screen always turn to landscape mode.

Brandon Arnold September 20, 2016

What it's missing... Well, I could go into a lot of things, but just keep things simple, a key missing feature is: NO SCREEN SHARING. Or, at least, no ability to receive anything being screen shared by someone else in a call. And, if I recall correctly, no ability to receive video from others in a group call.