Only a deaf phone will remain from today. Microsoft turned off Skype

Skype messenger has stopped working from Monday. Microsoft in February announced the closing of the service; User data will be available by the end of January next year.

The end of January 2026 is a deadline that the company gave users to delete or secure data. Since the decision to terminate Skype, Microsoft encourages its users to use the Teams platform.

Skype debuted in 2003, and Microsoft bought it in 2011 for $ 8.5 billion. In the opinions of specialists, the service never achieved the expected success, which was to result primarily from the fact that its technology was not adapted to the era of smartphones.

When Microsoft bought Skype in 2011, the service had about 150 million users per month, but by 2020 this number dropped to about 23 million. (PAP)

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