Skype video calling app is going to be closed forever after 22 years! Know the reason
You may have used the Skype video calling app at some time or the other. Skype provides video conferencing facility to users, but now it is going to be closed forever. Microsoft has announced the shutdown of Skype. Skype will be completely closed on 5 May 2025. What is the reason for this and what will happen to the existing Skype users, let us tell you in detail.
Microsoft had announced the shutdown of Skype a long time ago. Next week on May 5, that is, just 2 days later, this app will be completely closed. The company is giving Skype users the option to shift to Microsoft Teams. Users can use Teams for professional work as well as personal work. Notifications related to the shutdown of Skype were being sent to the users by the company for a long time.
What is the reason for shutting down Skype
The company is going to shut down Skype because Microsoft is now going to focus more on its app Teams. Microsoft is constantly adding new features to Teams. Teams was launched by the company in 2017 and now it has become quite popular. Microsoft wants everyone to use Teams instead of Skype.
What is the option for Skype users
Microsoft is constantly encouraging its Skype users to shift to Teams. Skype users shifting to Microsoft Teams will also have the option to shift their data. Let us tell you that ever since the company launched Microsoft Teams, it was asking Skype users to come to the Teams platform. The company has said that Teams has all the features of Skype and along with this, some more capabilities have been given in it which are not in Skype.
Microsoft has announced that Skype users can log in to Microsoft Teams with their existing credentials. It will be completely free for Skype users to join Microsoft Teams. Skype users will get all the features including calling, messaging, file sharing, meeting or joining community on Teams for free.
The company says that if a Skype user logs in to Teams with his existing credentials, then his chats and contacts will automatically come in Teams. That is, users can log in to Teams from where they logged out of Skype and start further. Users will also have the option to use Teams along with Skype. But this is only for a few days because both the platforms can be used only till May 5. Skype will shut down on May 5. After that only Teams will be able to be used.
