Skype

4,6
11,8M reviews
1B+
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Editors' choice
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About this app

Skype is retiring in May 2025. Log in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account, and your chats and contacts will be ready for you. Enjoy the features you love about Skype and more including free calling, meetings, messaging, calendar, communities, and more - all on Teams.

Thank you for being a part of the Skype community. We’re excited about the opportunities ahead with Microsoft Teams and look forward to continuing to support your everyday connections in new and improved ways.

With gratitude,

The Skype team

• Privacy and Cookies policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=507539
• Microsoft Services Agreement: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=530144
• EU Contract Summary: https://go.skype.com/eu.contract.summary
• Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2259814

Access Permissions:
All permissions are optional and require consent (you can continue using Skype without granting these permissions, but certain features may not be available).

• Contacts - Skype can sync and upload your device contacts to Microsoft's servers so that you can easily find and connect with your contacts that already use Skype.
• Microphone - The microphone is needed for people to hear you during audio or video calls or for you to record audio messages.
• Camera - The camera is needed for people to see you during video calls, or for you to be able to take photos or videos whilst you’re using Skype.
• Location - You can share your location with other users or use your location to help find relevant places near you.
• External Storage - Storage is needed to be able to store photos or to share your photos with others you may chat with.
• Notifications - Notifications allow users to know when messages or calls are received even when Skype is not actively used.
• Read Phone state - Access to phone state allows you to place a call on hold when a regular phone call is in progress.
• System Alert Window - This setting allows Skype screensharing, which requires access to all information on the screen or played on the device whilst you record or broadcast content.
Updated on
26 Mar 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 9 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4,6
10,7M reviews
David Arnett
20 February 2025
The same problems that skype has had years ago are still present. I get a notification for a message and it doesn't show in the chat for the whole day and I have a stable connection. Or I get delayed notifications again on wifi. Or the chat has a visual glitch when you finally get that message only shows the bottom half of chat. My app is always updated too. It's so weird how it never changes.
79 people found this review helpful
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Scott Smith
10 January 2025
Came back to this app after a while and somehow it's got worse? Sometimes half the screen goes blank and you have to exit then re-enter a chat to get it back, multiple messages to me are missing (I've seen them as a notification on my phone yet they are nowhere to be seen in the app even after restarting Skype), notifications can be late, messages I send sometimes just disappear... Unfortunately I have no choice but to use this app for certain chats, but it's honestly one of the worst.
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SJ H
13 March 2025
I've used Skype as a primary video call app nearly every day for well over half a decade. This has worked for better connection and call clarity than others especially while traveling. It's a shame they are saying it is being shut down after so long of successful usage. Quite disappointing really. They should just leave it alone. It's good the way it is already. There's no need to tamper or get rid of an app that works so well for many.
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What's new

Skype is retiring in May 2025. Log in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account, and your chats and contacts will be ready for you. Enjoy the features you love about Skype and more including free calling, meetings, messaging, calendar, communities, and more - all on Teams.

With gratitude,

The Skype team