Skype, which was made more than 20 years ago, as a pioneer in the range of free phone calls via the internet, remains online until 5 May. Microsoft bought Skype almost 14 years ago for $ 85 billion.
Microsoft will close Skypethe text and speech reporting application, in May and will replace the platform with the free version of Microsoft teamsAs announced by the company this Friday.
“In the coming days you can log in for free to Microsoft teams with your Skype account to stay connected with all your chats and contacts. Thank you for being part of Skype,” says Skype in his X account.
Skype, that was made more than 20 years agoAs a pioneer in the range of free calls via the internet, it remains online to the May 5So the users of the platform will have more than two months to decide whether they want to switch to Microsoft teams or just want to export their history.
With this change, Microsoft will eliminate telephony with which you can call national or international telephone numbers; Skype characteristic that became popular at the beginning of 2000, because it enabled users to speak without paying a telephone company.
However, this function began to lose popularity with the arrival of smartphones and applications such as Facetime or WhatsApp. In addition, during Pandemie, consumers chose to use other applications, such as ZoomTo make video conferences, instead of Skype.
Microsoft bought Skype almost 14 years ago for 85 billion dollars.
Source: EITB
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