Microsoft Skype death sentence: The 2000 icon will lower the curtain in May

Skypethe emblematic software to perform video calls, will definitely lower the blind the next May 5. Microsoftthe matrix of this service, which had been in operation for more than two decades and redefined the way people communicated when they were separated by thousands of kilometers away, He has decided to close Skype to concentrate on Teams and simplify your offer of tools with the focus on communication.

Founded in 2003, Skype revolutionized communication at the dawn of the 2000 And in his best times he had hundreds of millions of users to his Vera.

However, In recent years, the celebrating Estonian origin platform had to fight with the rival rivals to use and also more reliable as zoom or slack. The technology housed in the bowels of Skype remained in an outdated way in the era of smartphones and that ended up an invoice to the Microsoft subsidiary.

When pandemic and teleworking five years ago put the video calls, Microsoft decided to give up all the spotlights to Teams, which proceeded to imbricate in the Office apps to earn the favor of its clients from the corporate universe. That was the beginning of the end of a pioneer platform in VOIP technology (voice on the Internet protocol).

The video call market was once last exclusively by Skypethat left the shell long before alternative services such as Facetime, Zoom and Google Hangouts, which would later win traction without the veteran of the service that initiated everything in this area of ​​activity could stop their feet.

From the ubiquity of which Skype enjoyed at the day, the fact that “Skype” ended up becoming the dessert in verb and was used for a long time as a synonym for making a video call.

Skype’s popularity has declined dramatically in recent years

When in 2011 Microsoft threw the lacedo to Skype for 8,500 million dollars After imposing rivals like Google and Facebook, This service had 150 million monthly users. In 2020 this figure fell, however, dramatically to 23 million monthly users (and not even the pandemic served as a revulsive to a service in low hours).

After taking control of Skype in 2011, Microsoft proceeded to integrate this service into other tools of its porpholio. However, shortly after Skype had to face the competition exercised by Apple (Facetime) and Google (Hangouts). AND When the software giant launched its platform oriented to Teams collaboration, Skype was soon relegated to the status of Paria in Microsoft’s bosom.

«We are honored to have been part of the trip. Skype has been an integral part of modern communication, ”said Microsoft last Friday.

To Facilitate Skype to Teams transitionusers can connect to Teams for free from any device with the credentials previously used in Skype and their chats and their contacts will automatically migrate to the new platform.

Skype is not the first video call software that ends up raising the cemetery. In the past, similar tools such as Duo (Google) or Instant Messenger (AOL) also moved to better life.

When Microsoft announced the Skype Obito, the Redmond company preferred to remain silent about the current figures to use the application and made it clear that the closure of this service would not carry dismissals. At present, Teams, Skype’s replacement, has about 320 million monthly active users worldwide.