End of an Era: Microsoft Announces the Shutdown of Skype After 22 Years

Skype app was launched in 2003 by the entrepreneurs named Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis’. Skype actually stands for “Sky Peer to Peer’. Skype was originally founded in the year 2003 August. Skype is a voice over IP (VoIP) service, Skype is a division of Microsoft Corp, the app quickly regained the attention and became popular for offering free voice calls over the internet across the world.

Skype a voiceover IP (VoIP) stands for Voice over Internet protocol, which the users found interesting and helpful as the app could connect any calls including the international calls with the help of Internet. In the year, 2005 the app had surpassed approx. 50 million users. Microsoft had acquired Skype in the year 2011.

Skype to shut down ?

The news of the app Skype being shut down has sparked reactions across the social media, as the services of the app isn’t as popular as it used to be back in 2000s.Microsoft has claimed that more than 36 million people has used Skype daily to connect with their friends, family and colleagues. Microsoft has even tried to revive Skype by experimenting and staking out new features like Skype Clips and even rolled out Copilot AI last year. However, Microsoft failed to popularise the service during the COVID-19 pandemic, certainly the app remained largely neglected.

Microsoft is planning to permanently shut down its videoconferencing platform Skype,according to the report Microsoft’s preview for the latest Skype for windows has a message to that effect. It is even said that people using the app will soon start seeing the message about the closure. No, official statement has been claimed by Microsoft.