Skype is dead. Long live Skype.
Microsoft, which has been Skype’s parent company since 2011, announced in a company blog post that the 22-year-old video calling app will enter its eternal rest on May 5. From then on, Microsoft’s only official video calling software will be Microsoft Teams. Microsoft provides services that will enable Skype users to log into the team using their Skype account, which should automatically migrate their existing chats from one app to another. If they choose, users can also export all Skype data as themselves.
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Young readers may not remember this, but once upon a time, the word “Skype” was synonymous with video calls, and today it is almost the same as “FaceTime” and “Zoom”. Founded in 2003, Skype became one of the top video calling apps for many years, as it was repeatedly acquired by various companies and later sold by various companies until it landed with Microsoft in 2011. Since then, the prevalence of FaceTime and Zoom has made Skype the prevalence of Skype like it used to be, even though the software continues to exist and is supported until now.
Skype users must not resolve their own affairs until early May. Everyone remembers pouring something real this weekend.
