Skype

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.3
11.5M reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

Skype keeps the world talking. Say “hello” with an instant message, voice or video call, no matter what device they use Skype on. Chat with the new Bing in Skype, and get AI-powered answers, recommendations, and inspiration. Skype is available on phones, tablets, PCs, and Macs.

• Video calls – Don’t just hear the cheers, see them! Get together with 1 or 49 of your friends and family on a HD video call. Watch everyone’s smiles and cries when you tell them “We’re engaged!!!"
• Chat – Reach people instantly. Send messages to your friends, grab someone’s attention with @ mentions or create a group chat to plan a family reunion.
• Bing in Skype – Chat with the new Bing in your individual and group chats to get AI-powered answers, right within the context of your conversations. Ask for recommendations to help make plans together and get inspired and have fun by asking Bing for ideas.
• Share – Send photos and videos with your family and friends. Save shared photos and videos to your camera roll. Share your screen to make travel plans with friends or present designs to your team.
• Voice calls – Camera shy? Make voice calls to anyone in the world on Skype. You can also call mobile and landlines at low rates.
• Express yourself – Liven up conversations with emoticons, GIFs, stickers, images from your device or web.
• SMS - Use Skype to send SMS messages to mobiles world-wide.

Skype to Skype calls are free. Operator data charges may apply. We recommend using an unlimited data plan or WiFi connection.

Microsoft Account required. Bing in Skype is available via the Bing preview waitlist. To learn more and sign-up visit: https://www.bing.com/new

• 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

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
19 Mar 2024

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

4.3
10.4M reviews
A. Garcia
09 March 2024
Really don't care for the app now that bing is attached to it. Having a button that pops up "bing examples" where the send button is located is a pain. Half the time the messages I send don't show up on my end, so I have to back out and reenter a conversation to see them. My favorite problem is how it'll cut messages. I'll get a message from a friend only for it to be cut off, and another message needing to be sent just to read the first message. It's just... Not fun to use anymore.
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Daniel Speller
25 February 2024
Update: So... It appears that you can message others on this app ...but it costs 11 cents!...😒 why? Yes...I think Skype is a good app. I've used it years ago and am now circling back to it. It has good features...but it would be great if it integrated as a standard messaging app on a basic level. That way, you wouldn't have to "invite" people to the platform. They'd see you were on it, and some would just migrate to it on their own to access all the features.... Just a thought.
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Mabel Zhang
15 February 2024
This app is usually buggy, but lately even more so. Often, my message isn't displayed in its entirety, truncating the last line. Then I have to edit to add a few words to get it to the right length to show up. That's ridiculous. Happens to my friend too. Half the time now, I don't even receive push notifications until 10 minutes, an hour, or hours later! Even restarting the phone doesn't fix it. It also freezes randomly for no reason. This is a messaging app. Can it at least get messaging right?
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What's new

- Snap & Share Refreshed: Tap the camera icon in chat; use new edits, and apply filters
- Layered Visual Stories: Delightful new display of 2+ photos/videos shared in chat
- Reactions Screen Revamped: Long-press message, press '+', scroll, for the more reactions screen refresh
- Sleek Chat Navigation: Long-press a chat in your list for the redesigned quick action menu
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Visit https://go.skype.com/whatsnew for more details.