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Microsoft announces end date for Skype — here’s when
Microsoft has announced its videoconferencing application - which launched in August 2003 - will retire on Monday, May 5, 2025.
Microsoft Plans to Kill Skype, but Did It Ever Truly Live?
Continue your calls and chats in Teams.” That explicitly spells out the plans for Skype’s deprecation in favor of Microsoft’s main-line voice and video chat software. In an email statement, the company told Gizmodo that Microsoft is ending the service on May 5.
Microsoft to discontinue Skype after more than 20 years
Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to discontinue Skype and direct the service’s users to Microsoft Teams, its flagship communications platform. Skype will officially shut down on May 5.
Microsoft To Kill Consumer Skype, But The Brand Still Lives For Some
Microsoft is stopping Skype Credit and other paid Skype offers to new customers. Current users can leverage Skype Credits and subscriptions until the end of the next renewal period. Even after May 5, the Skype Dial Pad will remain available to remaining paid users from within Teams and the Skype web portal.
Microsoft is Shutting Down Skype
After more than two decades as a pioneer in internet-based calling, Skype is officially being retired on May 5, 2025, as Microsoft shifts its focus entirely to Teams. Microsoft 's move gives existing Skype users just 10 weeks to decide their next steps.
Microsoft Killed Skype But Keeps Supporting GroupMe
As Microsoft is about to kill Skype in May 2025, its mobile group messaging app GroupMe is getting a new Copilot integration.
Microsoft reveals Skype retirement date: 'We are honored to have been part of the journey'
Microsoft has confirmed when its videoconferencing application Skype will shut down.
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