Skype will last the ring for May last time the owner Microsoft retires a two -decade -old internet calling service, which was again defined as to how people join borders.
The software giant said on Friday that the closure of Skype will help Microsoft focus on the service of its homegron teams.
Established in 2003, Skype’s cheap audio and video calls quickly disrupted the landline industry in the early 2000s and made the company a domestic name, with hundreds of crores of users at their peak. But the forum has struggled to maintain with easy-to-use and more reliable rivals such as zoom and salesfors slacks in recent years.
The decline was partially because the underlying technology of Skype was not favorable for the smartphone era.
When an epidemic and work requires online commercial calls at home, Microsoft batted for teams by aggressively integrating it with other office apps to tap corporate users-a major base for Skype for teams.
To reduce the infection from the platform, its users will be able to log in to teams for free on any supported device using their existing credentials, in which chat and contacts are automatically migrating.
With this, the Skype will become the latest in a series of high-ups, which Microsoft has wrongly worked, such as the Internet Explorer web browser and its Windows phones. Other large tech firms have also struggled with online communication devices, Google has made several attempts through apps including hangouts and duo.
When Microsoft bought Skype in 2011 for $ 8.5 billion after taking out Google and Facebook – its biggest deal at that time – about 150 million monthly users in service; By 2020, despite a brief resurrection during the epidemic, the number was approximately 23 million.
Microsoft said on Friday “Skype has been an integral part of shaping modern communication”.
“We are honored for being a part of the journey.”
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