Skype - free IM & video calls

Skype

- July 19, 2017

Everyone

Communication

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Description

The Skype you know and love has an all-new design, supercharged with a ton of new features and new ways to stay connected with the people you care about most.

What can I do with Skype?

• Messaging made awesome: More than just text. Send photos, videos, voice messages, emoticons, Mojis and more. You can also respond to any message from your contacts with reactions.
• Supercharge your chats with Add-Ins**: No more switching back and forth between apps. Easily share content using Add-Ins without leaving Skype.
• Great for groups: Add your favorite people and start chatting. Use groups to plan together, play together, for staying in touch or just for hanging out.
• Call everyone - Skype, mobiles and landlines: Free* video and voice calls make it easier to stay connected with friends and family. You’ll also enjoy low calling rates to mobiles and landlines worldwide with Skype.
• Never miss a moment with quick capture: Quickly swipe to capture photos and videos. Make them your own by adding emoticons, stickers and annotations.
• Share Highlights: Keep others updated with Highlights from your day. React to any highlights with awesome emoticons or send a private message about that highlight. Your highlights only stay visible for 7 days to your followers.

*Skype to Skype calls are free. Operator data charges may apply. We recommend using an unlimited data plan or WiFi connection.
** Add-In availability will vary by country.

We’re gradually bringing the next generation of Skype to everyone.
If you don’t see the update yet, don’t worry, it’ll be coming very soon.
Learn more about the new design and features in the Skype Blog: https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/06/01/introducing-the-next-generation-of-skype

Upgrading to the new Skype may result in the deletion of content from older conversations.
To save photos and videos that were previously sent or received in an older version of Skype, save that content to your camera roll/photo gallery before upgrading to the new Skype.

Reviews

4.1

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5 5,984,512

4 1,636,760

3 880,665

2 430,726

1 1,009,374

JC Balcon

The new update is not exactly satisfying. With the old one, it was easy to be on a call and to text or mute my mic easily. Now I have to wait for Skype to load the chat every time I open it, this was never a a problem before the update. Please fix this. Skype has also become a bit slower than normal. My phone is definitely not the problem here because I've been using Skype every day and every night for the past 4-5 years and it was never this frustrating to me.

Dhiyaaul Auliyaa

The new update is sucks! In the older version, i used to be able to see my friend's face while video calling altough if i used another app and minimize skype app. It shows with the little pop up that can draw over other app. So i can still be productive when video calling. That feature is so useful and that is why i use only skype for video calling purpose. But with the new update, i can't be able to do that again. Even i can't see my friend's face if he/she minimize the skype app. BRING BACK THE OLD SKYPE!

Kat I

I previously used to be able to send SMS to my international friends' mobile numbers but that feature has now been disabled. I don't like the new layout. Skype's simplicity was its USP now it looks like it's trying too hard to keep up with Snapchat. I'm all for upgrading your designs but why remove tried, tested and loved features. Bring back the previous version.

Senka bubenka

Like many others have stated, the latest version overhaul killed skype for any meaningful use, especially for business for those of us with skype numbers. Hope MSFT listens and reverses their course of action or they will end up losing many users. Bring back what many of us relied upon such as abilty to save contacts, check who is online, easily tweak call forwarding, etc...

Eli Weidenfeld

I've been using Skype many years now. With every update its design gets less usable. Pls guys press the reset button, go to one of the user friendly old versions and try again. And please - use it yourselves frequently enough to realize what it needs to become usable again. I don't go into detail - just read the innumerable negative reviews.

Daniel Bailey

Microsoft team: Hey fresh new interns..... redesign our new skype any way you want.......it doesn't even have to look like skype..... Interns: sure thing np! I'm just going to roll out a red carpet and I want everyone who helped redesign Skype to lineup so I can give you a good slap on the face. Ok I'm kidding but go back to the drawing board please.

User reviews

JC Balcon July 23, 2017

Dhiyaaul Auliyaa July 23, 2017

Kat I July 21, 2017

Senka bubenka July 21, 2017

Eli Weidenfeld July 20, 2017

Daniel Bailey July 19, 2017

David Harper-Jones July 21, 2017

Background process usually fails to inform me of new messages! • No “user last seen” time; • No end-to-end encryption; • This would be *useful*: remind me of new msg every 2 minutes until I've read it; • After merging with my Microsoft account, it asks me almost every day to give my first and last name, grr!

Kim Ngan Trinh July 20, 2017

The new UI is good for me but I cannot change my presence status to away, do not disturb or invisible or offline anymore. I dont wanna be forced to use the turning off notification instead of changing status function. Moreover, I have to do 2 steps to send my photo from devide. Why it doesnt show the newest one from galary when I choose insert photo? I have to open galary, find the newest one and tap send.

Mohammad Ansarin July 21, 2017

Skype used to be the most reliable VoIP app around. Now it's a pile of garbage. Why? Who knows - somebody probably put a BuzzFeed exjournalist in a management role and they had the brilliant idea of making the user interface a less reliable version of Snapchat. Im switching to Hangouts and whatever else I could find as soon as I can convince others to join too.

alwaysfinewine July 26, 2017

I liked the older skype because it did t use up my screen space with avatar, highlights and status. I have next to no window space for viewing what I am typing and I would rather the small colored icons by name to save screen space. I use to rate this a,4 now it is a 3 for my IM experience. Good phone quality still.

July 20, 2017

This is pure garbage. W10 version of Skype is 1000000% better than this "fancy" pretty slow application. Guys I don't know what are you doing really. Skype on W10 is so clean and nice to use and then you create this Frankenstein for Android, which is the platform I want to move from W10M and with this version of Skype you are trying to push me use primarily whatsapp it seems...

Shankar Karki July 22, 2017

Last version is better then this one. I am using android. In the old version I could see the video with whom i was video chatting while I was using other apps but now Microsoft killed that feature which I absolutely don't like. So one star for this version. U guys made the worse one. Skype was better with its original sound and tricks. We want improvement, not omission of good features.. 👹👹👹👹👹👹

Noble This is Low Quality Bait July 21, 2017

The new changes to Skype are changes that shouldn't of happened. Though the short time of you being able to send gifs of your own from your photos instead of giphy and such was nice. It was also able to play those gifs within it, but they removed that. The UI is confusing and way too close to other apps. There's also the fact you don't know someone's status anymore which made me tjouvht a contsct wasn't online, but he states he was active during it. The old Skype was much better and could be better if I regained the ability to send gifs of my own.

John LaScola July 19, 2017

You may be excited but I'm horrified. The GUI on this app does not allow me to do the things I did in the past. It's as bad as the new version of the desktop app. How do I get back to my older version? Calls often come in after the caller has hung up. Often my phone continues ringing after I answer the call on my desktop.

Melissa Scott July 20, 2017

Update: Samsung Galaxy S7 active: if Bluetooth headphones aren't already ON when a Skype call comes in, there's no way to swap over to Bluetooth so it only plays call through external speaker. No way to swap to BT. Doesn't happen on phone or Google Voice or Hangouts, only Skype, but Skype is notorious for BT incompatibility issues. Piece of junk update. Fix Bluetooth!

Midevil_Cat_512 -Games July 21, 2017

Skype is way to slow. It used to be fast and stuff but now it takes like 5 minutes to be good. It takes a minute to connect then to load conversations and another whole 10 seconds to show me who is calling me. It takes a long time to turn the camera around. Not to mention the new design looks like its a great value brand knockoff.

Maxim Rauch July 19, 2017

What the hell happened in the most recent version? The app has become nearly unusable: where are my contacts, how can I see who is online, why do I need to start tipping on the keyboard where a single tap on an icon was always sufficient. You are doing this very wrong, Skype guys. Give me the old version back.

Arctic July 21, 2017

This new redesign is pretty terrible. I don't know what I'm doing anymore. This new version also has tons of bugs like when I get a call it doesn't show up untill after the caller hung up. I also hate how Microsoft is trying to turn it into a social media app. It's skype, not instagram. We use it to video call people or to talk to friends not to share our day.

Mladen Faraguna July 21, 2017

Skype used to be a decent application but these days tends to be slow bloatware. It takes ages to load even on decent devices like S4 and Nexus 10. I also absolutely hate the need to periodically re-enter the credentials. Update #1 ANR is no stranger to Skype. Getting slower with each update. Update #2 This is disgusting bloatware

LurkingPoodle July 20, 2017

Skype legit fix your issues. The messages i send are not received by my friends and i dont get their messages. If i do then they are like hours late. I loved using Skype but now your app has become trash. And the message issue has happened enough times to consider it a bug. Pls i hope you fix it soon or i will just uninstall this app.

Jessica Tuterow July 20, 2017

I used to love this app... Now it's hard to work with. The fun mini clips load but you can't scroll through them. When video calling someone you could play with "make up" and that is gone. It sometimes works but most of the time you can't rotate the camera... And thats just to name a few of the newest "updates" 🙎

Hajime Yoji July 23, 2017

New update deleted my old contact list with landline number, then conveniently (for Microsoft) kept alternative contact with mobile number. So since update I've been unknowingly making international mobile call to answering message at great expense. Also, is a link where I can lodge complaints. Pure greed on Skype side.

Bálint Szabados July 15, 2017

Still laggy and the UI is terrible. Microsoft, honestly...I know You think You can wait until people calm down or keep users who don't care about user experience. Stop pushing this design and come up with a better one. Change is not bad, but this change is unfinished, laggy, confusing. Skype lost its identity.

Melanie A July 18, 2017

This update is an atrocity. Unstable, laggy performance. The UI is unresponsive and lacks real-time updates. The transitions are not smooth. There are clearly incompatibilities with this build and many phones as many of the recent reviews are complaints. This programming is lazy and is simply a broke man's version of Facebook Messenger. Good job, Microsoft. Redact this failure, ASAP

Victoria Blume July 24, 2017

This latest update is the worst thing I have ever seen. Can't be invisible, can't see people's statuses without going into a chat window with them, and i don't get notifications until hours after the message is sent... I have seen lots of bad app updates, but I have never seen ANYTHING that made everything this awful in one fell swoop. Time to tell my contacts we're switching to google hangouts.

Madika Koshigata July 20, 2017

The app was fine before, now its almost become unusable. The more I type into the text box the laggier it becomes, to the point where it starts freezing up. This did not happen before on the old layout. The new layout also feels a bit clunky and some new features are, to me, unnecessary.

July 20, 2017

Skype is good for talking to friends that don't have phones yet, but I can't wait to get rid of it. Everything is too confusing to use. I liked the old update where everything was simple. I was ok with using it until now when it won't even let me in my account. I'm just ready move on and delete it. I'm sorry. I usually give good reviews on apps but this time I just can't. Thank you and goodbye.

Kieron Shaw July 21, 2017

The latest update has really broken this app. I will be Uninstalling this app until the screen turns off when you answer a call on a computer that is also ringing on my phone. In its current state it is a battery drain as I often have my phone in my pocket and do not know the screen is on until about 5 minutes later , after I answer the call on my computer , and I can feel the heat from the phone screen on my leg. Bye for now Skype :).

Adrian Hara July 20, 2017

The latest update is pretty terrible. Klunky, unintuitive UI (which one could live with) and terrible performance. It lags horribly in a 10 message chat, chat history moves randomly up and down, video controls take ages to react...just terrible. I have to wonder: did anyone test the happy flows at least? The old version wasn't the prettiest but at least it was very usable.

Gwen Knight July 17, 2017

SKYPE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER APPS AGAIN! Skype status always on has still not been reinstated. Logout and the settings menu in general is more work to access now, I don't know why this design layout was chosen for those things. Skype does not remember your login info for quick login, you have to fill in both fields everytime if you logout. App can't tell device orientation when using the quick photo option.

Liz Perez July 25, 2017

I swear I tapped Skype on my phone but an Instagram clone opened up. Oh wait. But seriously. Why fix something that was clearly working? I swear apps are just jumping head first into these "millennial friendly" UIs without thinking. Disappointing. The UI sucks, I get no notifications, and its super slow.

Andrew McCardle July 25, 2017

So how do I tell who is online with the new design? There is no symbol and no way I can find no filter the list. Edit: -1 star, I can't even add someone new now. I didn't use the app much before but now I just won't, the days are past when Skype had a monopoly on this part of the market and I fear all this has done is push away more users. Well done Microsoft.

Luis Miguel July 17, 2017

WHY I cant use my credit of £7 to make phone calls..!!!!! If the minutes of my subscription run out. WHY, I cant make phone calls using my CREDIT.. WHY, Bill Gates has so much money and CAN'T build a proper App to their customers.. WHY, is so difficult contact the skype customer service... WHY, Microsoft does skype app the poorest aplication on Android ... Can someone from Skype answer my questions please... Im paying montly subscription..I have the right to know..

leonid lazebny July 21, 2017

New update is waste of human working hours.. MC guys, next time u'll be about to through f%k up something good with fancy design, please leave options functions and other parts that user used to and using for work and biz alone. It's really impossible to use it now. For example, i have a android phone it costed about 350$ six month ago i bought it and what happened now? YES brand new fancy design, i am happy cuz i need new phone, i need to get use to it and i can't find 50% of options i use in the app Good job guys, well done!

Alexander Ustyuzhanin July 24, 2017

It is amazing to me how Microsoft manages to ruin Skype more and more with each new update. It is a complete mess and the only application on my phone which lags and stutters. It even manages to crash the OS every now and then. I can't make voice and video calls because it's not able to relay any sound either way. A complete disaster.

Geo Waseem July 22, 2017

It's the worst version ever "8" No icon for share Share photos from inside the studio only! YouTube open from insider browser not from YouTube app! Not easy to use! Slow! Very border with color and shape! Skype :What you did is so wrong! You are far from the smoothness of old versions!

Corrin Pratt July 20, 2017

This latest update is just worse than the old version in every way that matters to me, which is simple usability. Way less intuitive and user friendly interface than before. I'd been using Skype on my phone because it was better than the (also recently poorly redesigned) Windows app, but now it's even less usable than that.

Dmitry Kirov July 19, 2017

After the update to the "brand new design" Skype does not work on my smartphone anymore. I can launch it but I cannot call anyone. I had several bad experiences over recent days. I tried to call a person, who was online at that moment (100% sure) and the connection was never established from the phone. The call was always dropped!! At the same time I managed to call from the laptop without any problems. Also, the unsuccessful calls from the phone are not shown in the desktop app, while the reciprocal are shown on the phone. Frustrating experience. Hope it's going to be fixed soon.

Mr Interested July 20, 2017

App no longer shows you who is online. The new update is awful. Messages also don't arrive when people send them. Skype has managed to completely break their app with this new update. Even the pc app has been broken with a stupid led advertisement that always pops up with a security certificate error that causes the app to crash. Microsoft's needs to fix Skype but they just keep making it worse with every update.

Carla Chan July 19, 2017

Since the new update apparently an old friend had tried adding me, or so I think. We had a big falling out yet I've apparently had a friend request from him. Has anyone else had any issues with older contacts sending them friend requests, I.e is this a system error anyone else has experienced this as well? Because otherwise it doesn't make sense to me.