Skype

Skype

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About this app

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

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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.

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

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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.

Ratings and reviews

The app works sometimes but often it does not work well, and for some reason it has stopped notifying me of messages even though I have not changed my notification settings and the settings are set to allow notifications at all times. It is very clunky software, at least on Android. Sometimes my contacts photos disappear for no reason and when I have an incoming call it doesn't notify me. I have other issues but this is enough for now.

2022 Currently, glitchy. If I'm invisible on one os, I should be invisible across all os, no matter where I check in. Not the case as yet. Also, freezing and not letting calls through. 11.01.2024 Update 2 of the Skype apps are glitching, freezing, not notifying of calls/messages, either updating w/o my permission or not updating my status when I update my status. Not good for an app to be failing the way it is when it used to be the ultimate in face time before FaceTime.

Skype is a great service that allows me to make calls on any device. I am able to use my current phone number and call my contacts from any device even if they don't have a mobile plan. The plans are affordable and easy to set up. The app gives a straight through experience that let's you set everything up very easily. The app is compatible on most devices. The interface is straight followed. You can have calls to be through to your main number. Love Skype. Thank you for the hard work Microsoft.

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.