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It looks like Microsoft is finally ready to move on from Skype. In the latest Skype for Windows preview, some patch notes have been spotted, suggesting that the service could shut down in May 2025. Microsoft may soon migrate users to Teams, essentially replacing a devil with a demon. Here are the details.
Skype Shutting Down in May 2025
XDA Developers have spotted a new message in the latest Skype for Windows app: “Starting in May, Skype will no longer be available. Continue your calls and chats in Teams.“ The app will also prompt users to download Teams and migrate their saved contacts.
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Microsoft has officially confirmed that it will shut down Skype on May 5, 2025. The app will start notifying users to shift to Teams using their Skype credentials.
Users will also have the option to export their Skype data, including contacts, chat history, and other details until the deadline.
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It is worth noting that Microsoft shut down Skype for Business on July 31, 2021. However, the consumer version was still active, as the platform still had over 20 million users. But it looks like the time has come to bid farewell to Skype.
Skype’s Journey Over The Years
Skype was launched in 2003 by a group of four developers as an affordable conference audio calling platform to tackle high telecom tariffs. It was only in 2006 that the platform introduced support for video calling, which not only gave Skype its identity, but also pioneered the concept.
The app started gaining traction rapidly and reached 300 million active users by 2010. Skype had become synonymous with video calls, where people would simply say, “Let’s Skype”.
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Due to this massive success, Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 and started integrating it with Windows and other enterprise products. It soon became the primary source of corporate communications and meetings. Even Google tried to counter Skype with Hangouts but ended up failing.
However, Skype was not perfect. It had its fair share of problems with some inconvenient bugs in the desktop client. During the same period, Apple had also introduced Facetime with far better video quality, but it was not a direct threat to Skype to its large corporate user base.
With problems like poor video quality and software instability, Skype started to feel a bit dated. Microsoft realised this and launched Teams in 2017, as a successor for group calling, but it had more focus on enterprise usage instead of regular users.
The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a final blow to Skype’s popularity. When the entire world was shifting towards e-learning and remote work, it felt like a great redemption opportunity for Skype. However, the app had failed to keep up with time, and people preferred Zoom and Google Meet for better UI, ease of usage, and video quality.
As of 2024, Skype still has around 30 million users, which remains a significant user base. But it looks like Microsoft has decided to move on, and Skype will hang up the boots in the next couple of months.
Thank you for the beautiful memories, Skype! We will miss you.
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