• You Will No Longer Be Able to Use Skype on Older Windows Devices and TVs

    Posted on June 6, 2017 at 02:55 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    “Next Generation Skype” will mean an end of support for Skype on Windows Phone, RT and TV from July 1.

    Skype (for mobiles) will now be available on:
    – Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary update or higher
    – iOS 8 or higher
    – Android OS 4.0.3 or higher (ARMv7 processor devices get full support; ARMv6 will not have video calling supported)
    Full system requirements are listed on support.skype.com

    Brad Sams, writing on thurrott.com, said:

    If you are using Skype on Windows Phone 8 or 8.1, Windows RT, the messaging app for Windows 10 Mobile, or on a TV, these apps will stop working on July 1, 2017. The company has started notifying users on these platforms that these applications will cease to function after this date.
    …
    If you are using these apps, after July 1, 2017 you are left with few options. If you can access a web browser, you can use Skype on the web but as for native apps, you’ll need a new piece of hardware to be able to access the platform.

    And given how much Microsoft values monthly active users of its software, seeing as they are ending support for these platforms tells us that the user base is incredibly small on these platforms.

    Wired.com’s David Pierce‘s article “Skype Hopes Its Redesign Takes It Beyond Video Chat” discusses the “next generation”:

    Microsoft wants Skype to be a social network for the people you know. Skype calls it your “personal network” of family, friends, and colleagues. The app eschews a public side entirely—like Snapchat before stories, or Facebook before you could mark anything public. In use, Skype is now super-optimized for chat. A much cleaner interface displays your chats on the home screen and stores everything else off to the side. There’s a nifty-but-huge indicator for unread message that undulates like a soundwave. You can still make voice and video calls, but the redesign prioritizes texting.

    It is somewhat surprising to see that desktop version of Skype can still be used on Windows XP SP3 (using IE 8 or higher), Vista, and with IE 11 on Windows 7 SP1.

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