what happened to skype

Skype was launched in 2003 as a peer-to-peer service for making calls and exchanging instant messages. It grew quickly and became a hit as it connected people worldwide, and was also the perfect solution for businesses looking for a cheap way to communicate with employees and customers. Microsoft bought Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion. However, during the pandemic, consumers and business workers turned to tools like Zoom and Metas WhatsApp, and now there are any number of options to quickly connect with groups of friends and colleagues over smartphones. Skype lost daily users since then and is falling by the wayside. Skype was also criticized for its lack of innovation and failure to keep up with competition, security and privacy issues, and a redesign that made the interface worse and the performance terrible. As a result, Skype has lost its throne and has been unseated by relative upstarts like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft's own Teams. By July 2021, Skype will disappear, and anyone wanting to make a business video call through Microsoft products will instead have to use Teams. However, Skype is still available and will remain a great option for people who love it and want to connect via messaging, audio and video calling, and Bing Chat.