Skype: Microsoft is going to close its video calling facility Skype in May 2025 after running more than two decades. Messaging and video call service Skype gave a new direction to online communication in the 2000s. Now Microsoft Company is pushing its users towards ‘Microsoft Teams’ service for chat and video meeting.
For those who are still using Skypes, Microsoft has promised easy changes and said that users can log in to teams with their current credentials, and all their messages, contacts and group chats will come here automatically. Users will not have to start afresh. Microsoft is also offering the option to export their data for those who want to move fully.
People are expressing their feelings and memories on social media
Jeff Taper, president of the Microsoft 365 app and platform, has assured Skype users that they will not be forced to any change. Taper said that if the users want, they can export their chat history and their contacts or they can go to the team.
Due to the news of Skype being closed, people are expressing their feelings and memories on social media, people are remembering its glorious days. There was a time when Skype was the most commonly used platform for online communication. Skype had 660 million users in 2010. But as time passed, new players like Zoom, Google Meat, Festeime, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger captured this field and gradually reduced the sovereignty of Skype. By 2015, the active user base of Skype was reduced to 300 million and by March 2020, the number was reduced to only 100 million. Microsoft, who bought Skype for $ 8.5 billion in 2011, no longer sees any reason to continue it as Microsoft Teams offers a greater experience.
So, another game has ended in the world of changing technology.