Skype

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4,3
11,7M reviews
1B+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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About this app

Skype – Connect, Create, Talk & Discover, now with Microsoft Copilot

COPILOT YOUR WAY THROUGH LIFE
Use Microsoft Copilot in Skype
Work smarter, be more productive, boost creativity and stay connected to the people and things in your life with Copilot – an AI companion that works everywhere you do and on any device.
Whatever you're into – browsing the web, searching for answers, exploring your creative potential, or coming up with more useful content, Copilot can help you uncover new possibilities.

SKYPE WITH ANYONE FOR FREE
Skype is the best way to stay connected with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Whether you want to talk to your family, friends or colleagues. You can make free video calls with up to 100 people, send and receive text messages, use ChatGPT with others, send voice messages, emojis, share your screen to show what you’re working on.

PERSONALISED NEWS
With Skype's Channels you can get free personalised news. Stay informed, productive, entertained and inspired with up-to-date news.

• 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
16 Dec 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
10,6M reviews
Michiel Kienhuis
25 July 2024
This app gets crappier and crappier. After messing up the camera screen such that you can only record a video in chat when keeping the shutter button pressed (never understood why that would be handy!!) it now changed back to a photo and separate video tab. Great! Only problem is that it doesn't record ANY video right now. It's a joke really!!!!
87 people found this review helpful
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Jaie O
16 December 2024
Slow and clunky. Notifications on messages and calls are extremely delayed. Features like emoticons options don't show up right away. Chat window doesn't display fully - displays just a little area for typing your msg in so you can't see the whole msg and previous ones while you're typing. Exiting the app and going back in is the only way to fix it. Notifications are late or non existent. It never notifies even after I've checked that the notif settings are on. When it does, it's 5 hrs late.
35 people found this review helpful
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Adios Upella
16 December 2024
Sorting by recent doesn't work! Way SLOW. Other competitive apps such as WhatsApp, line and Viber all work much more reliably, better and more intuitively, with standardized locations for menus and options unlike Skype. The worst part about the Skype app is it is extremely slow and heavy (high CPU and big app size). The system is more than 20 years old and shows his age. It needs a complete rewrite. So so slow! Virtually impossible to use! This version of the app has not been updated in 4 years!
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What's new

- Sign in faster: Already signed into another Microsoft app? No need to re-enter your password in Skype.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

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