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Google doesn't have any product that serves the whole world...they've deliberately decided to not server ~20% of the world, so they're a poor choice unless you only want to reach the other ~80%.
Skype never has ever been "professional". My friend and I finally stopped using the mobile app because it simply refused to push notifications properly on a consistent basis. We ended up going to Snapchat.
Loli It seems it's possible for Teams to make phone calls, but it isn't clear how from the "free" version, or if you can have a pay-as-you-go balance, like in Skype.
Seriously?? Skype feels professional? To me it feels like a relic from 2000. Sadly it was useful for actual phone calls, that saved me a few times abroad. I wonder if team also supports that.
Oh noo :(.. I loved Skype, apart from its bugginess and VERY slow UI on both desktop and Android phone. It was one of the best one and almost only one that only required a username/email and NO phone number to use it! I hate all the others that are based on phone numbers. They're so strange. Well, at least Google Chat doesn't require a phone number but it's not like Skype and it lacks features.
I also made use of its included 60 minute free calling when I was abroad thanks to the MS 365 plan.
I wonder if they have a replacement. I don't use Teams. Last time I tried it, it wanted me to enter a phone number to use it, no thanks.
Edit: Ahh.. a few hours later and I got the email from Microsoft about Skype. Read through the links and I am on Teams now and most things were seamless. It just connected me, no need to enter any phone number like in the past. But, it lacks some features like permanently removing link preview thumbnails, editing messages, sending voice clips, and more. And it's not a very good UI. You click on someone's name and it automatically creates a draft. Everything is too spaced out, needs a compact view.
I don't think I'll be using this. I'll stick with Telegram for now until Teams becomes a more serious contender. Needs ALL Skype features imported.
My guess is that Skype's code was just too old and instead of them revamping it, they decided to rebrand, and launch a faster app, etc.
Sad, I wonder what will happen to users who purchased the phone line option. Skype was good to those who used it as a "land line" with its own phone number etc
Ok. That being said, in the teams android app. In teams chat, there's a tiny microphone button that you have to awkwardly *hold down* to record. Can they please fix this and just make it *tap and let go* to record a voice message? The current UI button does not stay held down, making exchanging voice messages in teams chat impossible on certain devices. Thank you
Microsoft is more than pushing teams hard, even when you send an invite to someone to use a rival collaboration software, the message includes a teams link more prominently, unless you work out how to disable it This has caught out colleagues on more than one occasion with everyone except one participant waiting for that one who used the link and ended up in teams instead.
I didn't use Skype so much but it always worked perfectly when needed. Also, I have a Skype phone number that will disappear, I'll have to look for an alternative - is there one?
Teams won't be any good as I'm on Linux but I suppose there may be an Android app.
Thanks. I'd really rather not have anything M$ at all, if that's possible. I've had Skype since way before M$ took over and I just kept it for convenience as it worked on my MacBook and Android phone and was very reliable. I don't have a camera on my Linux desktop but I used Skype for voice calls rather than video calls anyway.
Microsoft makes billions with enterprise customers each month. I have to use teams for 10 years now across many creative agencies or tech companies. Its what it is. I believe that Microsoft at least became honest to itself, and they that suck in consumer facing products.
I have used Skype since before microsoft bought it. Then, I was happily paying $6.99 a month in orde to not only use it for chat and video, but to make calls to landline phones in the us, canada and mexico. Then, microsoft bought it and within a year or 2, doubled the price to about $14. I cancelled my paid subscription then. I wrote support several times that a 50% price raise was waay too but I would happily pay a reasonable price. Just got random we appreciate your comments letters. I use it for soo much still. I play an online game sort of like metaverse and make a skype room for every event I have (I have virtual night clubs) and it is convenient to paste the wix bulletin and text advertising for people I hire abd the description and any special instrustions. I have a room for about 10 different clubs. and talk one on one with people in game or out. Mainly in text, but some in voice or video. I had read the FREE version would shut sometime in 2025. This is just a HUGE blow with not enough warning. I will have to copy a lot of chats, some arw with people who have passed away. :(
Everyone I know uses either Teams if theyāre on a desktop or WhatsApp if theyāre on a mobile. No one has asked me to use Skype or FaceTime in years.
So why did they just take my 12mth subscription. Are they refunding?
Glad I found out here, need to speak to the elders in my family who rely on it for contacting their overseas family and friends. Not looking forward to teaching them something new .....
Good luck finding the equivalent of "skype to phone", or the ability to call freephone numbers (0800 in the UK) from other countries...
It seems like Teams has an equivalent to "skype to phone", but it doesn't seem to be available in the free version, and seems to need a subscription, rather than simply pay-as-you-go in Skype.
I read that there is no equivalent of the feature allowing you to call a freephone from another country, which is (soon to be 'was') a very handy ability that's saved me arse several times (mainly because of the excessively long 'hold times' you experience when calling any customer support line these days).
Good riddance. I suggest discord as you can use it in a browser with no software to install. Skype was a POS and lately I kept getting group invites I couldn't reject, to groups about crypto that were clearly scams or pump and dumps.
I just tried it, and the contacts were migrated "ok" (look messy, but they're there)...checking the conversations...no, they don't seem to be migrated.
This is sad, but this is awesome! I use skype since like 2006 while still using yahoo mesengger too. Skype was nice, but it doesnt follow the trends, and recently like almost 3 years back the desktop is oftenly broken, it cant deliver the messages to 1 or 2 contacts, sometimes can only receive, sometimes I had to create a group with 1 person I'm going to chat with.
And for the mobile version, to the one who build the uiux, "People making love"-you! I'm still following the community guidelines right? Shame on you, and I hope you get the karma for embarassing people who mis-sent anything to the wrong person or wrong group.
The comments on this post are amazing. Clearly, none of them have used Teams.
I've been using both Skype and Teams for a long time, and obviously, there is no reason to ask why they're (finally) making that decision. Teams is so much better.
99.99% of the features people are saying don't exist in the comments actually exist, and so much more.
I had a quick hunt around for information on the features I use Skype for, and had a play with the app.
Perhaps you can help, since you seem to think the features should be there (unless I'm in the 0.01%).
Skype-to-phone (ability to call a regular phone) from Teams (free) using PAYG. There's no 'call' button and my research suggests I need to subscribe rather than just pay and use money from a 'balance', and the instructions seem to suggest this feature is only for businesses...and those instructions seem pretty confusing.Call freephones in another country. I read that this it outright not supported...you have to be in the same country as the freephone number you're calling. This feature can be a "god send", since it is often necessary to call customer support numbers from abroad and the hold times can be a very long time...the non-freephone numbers could end up costing a huge amount of money. Can you help us see that Teams can work for us? Am I in the 0.01% you mention?
Fuck Microsoft, they killed another beautiful app. I've personal memories of it and still use it. Fuck again Microsoft. I need to find out if I Can withdraw money stuck there.
They probably already took it. I had $20 loaded into Skype years ago for the occasional business trips that I needed to call back to the States. It was fine for a few trips. Then one trip I needed to call back and the credit was all gone. I checked it before for the trip.
I also loaded like ages ago, they do send reminder that you have to use the credit by making any call or paid messages to keep it activated. However this is dodgy terms.
I need to work out what to do then, because I use Skype as the app on my phone to call my mum and other elderly relatives in France, as I live abroad. They all only have landlines and I pay about 25-30 euros a year for unlimited calls to any French landline. It doesn't look like Teams will support it, I am not sure what alternatives there are.
And I have renewed my subscription in September, although it looks like I'll be able to use it until then if I understand correctly.
It really sucks! No way I can convince relatives over 70 to get a mobile just so I can call them on Whatsapp, most of them don't even know how to use a computer...
Also in the same situation with my elderly parents. No smart phones, just desktop and ipad so looking for an app with similar functionality for international calls to landlines or cells.
It makes me angry, I feel forced to go all online, I know technology is great but it really irritates me that older people not familiar with it are being forced to buy into it. Don't get me started on the number of services, banks etc that you can't access without owning a mobile phone...
I'm just really sad about these news. My father only has a landline and I live abroad. For around 3 Euros a month I was able to call him while driving and on the road for an unlimited time. It was just so unbelievably practical and cheap. I really hope there exists some alternative, however nobody has landlines anymore so I doubt it.
I used Rebtel.com as a backup it worked pretty well for calling landlines and gives you a local number for each contact. I have a 10.00 invite bonus link, if anyone wants one message me.
Itās different in that you are assigning an international number a local one so you are charged local rate. Itās a while since Iāve used it and I never used the app just assigned a local number to my contacts. To call official departments in the UK and family with landlines it worked well. Used to be a set amount you could add but I see itās now subscription.
Fuck. They billed me yearly for the abroad phone number I use back in December with no warning. I have foreign accounts linked to it and people call me or I call them like a local phone number. I have two months to figure that out now. Shit!
Hereās a document on how to transfer to another carrier: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/transfer-skype-number-to-cell-phone-company/1d3805bc-82f5-46da-927b-a16dd94817d0
you can port the Skype number away and/or use the PSTN services from Skype on web or through Teams app. The Skype app is going away, but the dial pad lives on. (however, people won't be able to buy new subscriptions anymore)
you can keep using the credit and services you have purchased, but won't be able to purchase new or extend existing. So once they expire or you run out, you won't be able to get more.
You will be able to use the skype number in Teams or Skype for web, but won't be able to extend them anymore. Or you can also port them to another carrier if you want to keep them.
Main app that we use in our company (international transport)ā¦ and main app that I use in my childhood for keeping in touch with my friends. I never thought that this will happen guys.
Is there an alternative that can give you a local phone number? I am in Sweden but I use the US phone number that I get through Skype so my elderly father can call me on his home phone. š±
Maybe. But I tried last night when it was a ārumorā still and same error and I have a back up Skype and that one did it. But only has 20 contacts. It could be cuz Iāve been with Skype so long and have 1k plus contacts. Too many. lol.
Am I going to lose all my messages?? I have a decade's worth of chats with my husband spanning from the day we met to now. I don't wanna lose all of that. :((
The cam girl industry is in trouble. They seem to exclusively use Skype because it is so separate from everything else. so you donāt have to worry about people finding your personal info.
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ReplyDeleteGood riddance. I remember when I started a new job in 2013 they used Skype for communication, and I hated it.
ReplyDeleteMicroshaft just shafting its users as usual. Really pathetic.
ReplyDeleteCan you use Teams to make phone calls to non-Teams members?
ReplyDeleteCan you send text messages using Teams to phones?
As far as I am aware, Teams has never used other peoples' computers to process your voice calls.
DeleteSkype was great before Microsoft bought and ruined it.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it's a shame that such a good app failed, unfortunately not the first or last thing MSFT has ruined.
DeleteYeah they bought the biggest video call app in the world, very impressively from the small Estonia but then did nothing with it.
DeleteYeah, no surprise here but sad still the same.
ReplyDeleteSkype could have been the friendlier consumer version of Teams and could have been an alternative to FaceTime and whatever Google is offering today.
I just don't care for Teams and it's clunky UI. Actually, I'm not a fan of video calls in general so I guess I really don't care either way...
Google doesn't have any product that serves the whole world...they've deliberately decided to not server ~20% of the world, so they're a poor choice unless you only want to reach the other ~80%.
DeleteSkype has been my favourite. I don't like Teams. Skype feels professional when you are giving your address to directors. Teams seems to be casual.
ReplyDeleteSkype never has ever been "professional". My friend and I finally stopped using the mobile app because it simply refused to push notifications properly on a consistent basis. We ended up going to Snapchat.
DeleteLoli It seems it's possible for Teams to make phone calls, but it isn't clear how from the "free" version, or if you can have a pay-as-you-go balance, like in Skype.
DeleteSeriously?? Skype feels professional? To me it feels like a relic from 2000. Sadly it was useful for actual phone calls, that saved me a few times abroad. I wonder if team also supports that.
DeleteOh noo :(.. I loved Skype, apart from its bugginess and VERY slow UI on both desktop and Android phone. It was one of the best one and almost only one that only required a username/email and NO phone number to use it! I hate all the others that are based on phone numbers. They're so strange. Well, at least Google Chat doesn't require a phone number but it's not like Skype and it lacks features.
ReplyDeleteI also made use of its included 60 minute free calling when I was abroad thanks to the MS 365 plan.
I wonder if they have a replacement. I don't use Teams. Last time I tried it, it wanted me to enter a phone number to use it, no thanks.
Edit: Ahh.. a few hours later and I got the email from Microsoft about Skype. Read through the links and I am on Teams now and most things were seamless. It just connected me, no need to enter any phone number like in the past. But, it lacks some features like permanently removing link preview thumbnails, editing messages, sending voice clips, and more. And it's not a very good UI. You click on someone's name and it automatically creates a draft. Everything is too spaced out, needs a compact view.
I don't think I'll be using this. I'll stick with Telegram for now until Teams becomes a more serious contender. Needs ALL Skype features imported.
My guess is that Skype's code was just too old and instead of them revamping it, they decided to rebrand, and launch a faster app, etc.
You manage to call landlines from Teams? I couldn't see how to add that option :/
DeleteWhat features do you use in Skype that Teams doesn't have?
Deletealso Google voice offers free voip calling next time you're abroad (you don't need Microsoft's free 60 minutes bs)
Skype is the only free solution and maybe the only solution that offers on the fly videochat translation. It is sad to see it go.
ReplyDeleteSad, I wonder what will happen to users who purchased the phone line option. Skype was good to those who used it as a "land line" with its own phone number etc
ReplyDeleteOh no. Joel will not be happy about this.
ReplyDeleteOk. That being said, in the teams android app. In teams chat, there's a tiny microphone button that you have to awkwardly *hold down* to record. Can they please fix this and just make it *tap and let go* to record a voice message? The current UI button does not stay held down, making exchanging voice messages in teams chat impossible on certain devices. Thank you
ReplyDeleteok will get onto it.
Deletebill gates
Microsoft is more than pushing teams hard, even when you send an invite to someone to use a rival collaboration software, the message includes a teams link more prominently, unless you work out how to disable it This has caught out colleagues on more than one occasion with everyone except one participant waiting for that one who used the link and ended up in teams instead.
ReplyDeleteI didn't use Skype so much but it always worked perfectly when needed. Also, I have a Skype phone number that will disappear, I'll have to look for an alternative - is there one?
ReplyDeleteTeams won't be any good as I'm on Linux but I suppose there may be an Android app.
Thanks. I'd really rather not have anything M$ at all, if that's possible. I've had Skype since way before M$ took over and I just kept it for convenience as it worked on my MacBook and Android phone and was very reliable. I don't have a camera on my Linux desktop but I used Skype for voice calls rather than video calls anyway.
DeleteTeams has a PWA*, but also has a native version for Linux.
Delete* It's supposed to have one, but it doesn't seem to work ATM - no manifest.json file, so the browser doesn't present an install button :/
Microsoft makes billions with enterprise customers each month. I have to use teams for 10 years now across many creative agencies or tech companies. Its what it is. I believe that Microsoft at least became honest to itself, and they that suck in consumer facing products.
ReplyDeleteI have used Skype since before microsoft bought it. Then, I was happily paying $6.99 a month in orde to not only use it for chat and video, but to make calls to landline phones in the us, canada and mexico. Then, microsoft bought it and within a year or 2, doubled the price to about $14. I cancelled my paid subscription then. I wrote support several times that a 50% price raise was waay too but I would happily pay a reasonable price. Just got random we appreciate your comments letters. I use it for soo much still. I play an online game sort of like metaverse and make a skype room for every event I have (I have virtual night clubs) and it is convenient to paste the wix bulletin and text advertising for people I hire abd the description and any special instrustions. I have a room for about 10 different clubs. and talk one on one with people in game or out. Mainly in text, but some in voice or video. I had read the FREE version would shut sometime in 2025. This is just a HUGE blow with not enough warning. I will have to copy a lot of chats, some arw with people who have passed away. :(
ReplyDeleteExclusive??? What's exclusive about this? It's s been published this morning nearly everywhere, you're 14 hours late!
ReplyDeleteEveryone I know uses either Teams if theyāre on a desktop or WhatsApp if theyāre on a mobile. No one has asked me to use Skype or FaceTime in years.
ReplyDeleteSo why did they just take my 12mth subscription. Are they refunding?
ReplyDeleteGlad I found out here, need to speak to the elders in my family who rely on it for contacting their overseas family and friends. Not looking forward to teaching them something new .....
Good luck finding the equivalent of "skype to phone", or the ability to call freephone numbers (0800 in the UK) from other countries...
DeleteIt seems like Teams has an equivalent to "skype to phone", but it doesn't seem to be available in the free version, and seems to need a subscription, rather than simply pay-as-you-go in Skype.
I read that there is no equivalent of the feature allowing you to call a freephone from another country, which is (soon to be 'was') a very handy ability that's saved me arse several times (mainly because of the excessively long 'hold times' you experience when calling any customer support line these days).
This is going to be a nightmare :(
What about WhatsApp or Telegram? Its completely free and you chat anyone globally
ReplyDeleteWell ofc its need "internet connection" but the sign up process is easy
Good riddance. I suggest discord as you can use it in a browser with no software to install. Skype was a POS and lately I kept getting group invites I couldn't reject, to groups about crypto that were clearly scams or pump and dumps.
ReplyDeleteDoes Discord allow you to make calls to regular POTS phones?...how about freephones in other countries?
DeleteThanks, I'll look at discord
ReplyDeleteI hope all the contacts and conversations will be migrated!
ReplyDeleteI just tried it, and the contacts were migrated "ok" (look messy, but they're there)...checking the conversations...no, they don't seem to be migrated.
DeleteThis is sad, but this is awesome! I use skype since like 2006 while still using yahoo mesengger too. Skype was nice, but it doesnt follow the trends, and recently like almost 3 years back the desktop is oftenly broken, it cant deliver the messages to 1 or 2 contacts, sometimes can only receive, sometimes I had to create a group with 1 person I'm going to chat with.
ReplyDeleteAnd for the mobile version, to the one who build the uiux, "People making love"-you! I'm still following the community guidelines right? Shame on you, and I hope you get the karma for embarassing people who mis-sent anything to the wrong person or wrong group.
The comments on this post are amazing. Clearly, none of them have used Teams.
ReplyDeleteI've been using both Skype and Teams for a long time, and obviously, there is no reason to ask why they're (finally) making that decision. Teams is so much better.
99.99% of the features people are saying don't exist in the comments actually exist, and so much more.
Well, this is a shock to many, including me.
DeleteI had a quick hunt around for information on the features I use Skype for, and had a play with the app.
Perhaps you can help, since you seem to think the features should be there (unless I'm in the 0.01%).
Skype-to-phone (ability to call a regular phone) from Teams (free) using PAYG. There's no 'call' button and my research suggests I need to subscribe rather than just pay and use money from a 'balance', and the instructions seem to suggest this feature is only for businesses...and those instructions seem pretty confusing.Call freephones in another country. I read that this it outright not supported...you have to be in the same country as the freephone number you're calling. This feature can be a "god send", since it is often necessary to call customer support numbers from abroad and the hold times can be a very long time...the non-freephone numbers could end up costing a huge amount of money.
Can you help us see that Teams can work for us? Am I in the 0.01% you mention?
What will happen to my Skype subscription?
ReplyDeleteHaven't used Skype for about ten years, i guess Teams will get same treatment..
ReplyDeleteFuck Microsoft, they killed another beautiful app. I've personal memories of it and still use it. Fuck again Microsoft. I need to find out if I Can withdraw money stuck there.
ReplyDeleteThey probably already took it. I had $20 loaded into Skype years ago for the occasional business trips that I needed to call back to the States. It was fine for a few trips. Then one trip I needed to call back and the credit was all gone. I checked it before for the trip.
DeleteI also loaded like ages ago, they do send reminder that you have to use the credit by making any call or paid messages to keep it activated. However this is dodgy terms.
DeleteSkype credit gets frozen if you don't use the service for 6 months. You should be able to unlock it logging into your account
DeleteEnd of an era. I remember when everyone and their dog had a skype.
ReplyDeleteI need to work out what to do then, because I use Skype as the app on my phone to call my mum and other elderly relatives in France, as I live abroad. They all only have landlines and I pay about 25-30 euros a year for unlimited calls to any French landline. It doesn't look like Teams will support it, I am not sure what alternatives there are.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have renewed my subscription in September, although it looks like I'll be able to use it until then if I understand correctly.
I am in the exact same situation as you š°
DeleteIt really sucks! No way I can convince relatives over 70 to get a mobile just so I can call them on Whatsapp, most of them don't even know how to use a computer...
DeleteAlso in the same situation with my elderly parents. No smart phones, just desktop and ipad so looking for an app with similar functionality for international calls to landlines or cells.
DeleteIt makes me angry, I feel forced to go all online, I know technology is great but it really irritates me that older people not familiar with it are being forced to buy into it. Don't get me started on the number of services, banks etc that you can't access without owning a mobile phone...
DeleteGoogle Voice is the one I use from within the U.S., but no idea about tricking it into working outside the U.S.
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DeleteMy 87 year old father is just not capable of using a smartphone. He has dementia and learning new things just doesnāt stick š
DeleteI'm just really sad about these news. My father only has a landline and I live abroad. For around 3 Euros a month I was able to call him while driving and on the road for an unlimited time. It was just so unbelievably practical and cheap. I really hope there exists some alternative, however nobody has landlines anymore so I doubt it.
DeleteSame here. Does anyone have a recommendation for an alternative? Looking for a solution to make landline calls to EU.
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DeleteI used Rebtel.com as a backup it worked pretty well for calling landlines and gives you a local number for each contact. I have a 10.00 invite bonus link, if anyone wants one message me.
DeleteIād be interested. But how is it and similar to Skype? I see Iād need to subscribe for $5/mth.
DeleteItās different in that you are assigning an international number a local one so you are charged local rate. Itās a while since Iāve used it and I never used the app just assigned a local number to my contacts. To call official departments in the UK and family with landlines it worked well. Used to be a set amount you could add but I see itās now subscription.
DeleteIt looks like you can top up and pay as you go, same as what Iām used to with Skype. Iām definitely interested to get your invitation bonus š
DeleteSent.
DeleteSame situation here calling relatives in Belgium struggling to find any alternatives:(
Deletebefore there was WhatsApp (for video calls), there was Skype. RIP
ReplyDeleteFuck. They billed me yearly for the abroad phone number I use back in December with no warning. I have foreign accounts linked to it and people call me or I call them like a local phone number. I have two months to figure that out now. Shit!
ReplyDeleteYou can port it to Google Voice or any other carrier.
DeleteYou canāt port to Google Voice apparently.
DeleteUgh. That sucks.
DeleteHereās a document on how to transfer to another carrier: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/transfer-skype-number-to-cell-phone-company/1d3805bc-82f5-46da-927b-a16dd94817d0
you can port the Skype number away and/or use the PSTN services from Skype on web or through Teams app. The Skype app is going away, but the dial pad lives on. (however, people won't be able to buy new subscriptions anymore)
DeleteThe dial pad lives on? How can I use my skype number on the teams one
DeleteThat remains to be seen I guess - but in theory, it should work the same (or very similar) way in Teams.
DeleteNot surprised. It's gone to absolute shit over the last year. MS had clearly lost interest.
ReplyDeleteI hate Teams. :(
ReplyDeleteFuck, I use the Skype numbers. It's my main 2FA number. I have used it for years and have always used it. This is annoying from Microsoft.
ReplyDeleteyou can port the number away to a carrier of your choice
DeleteI haven't yet found anything as cheap. Many of us don't live in the US and depend on Skype numbers to call financial institutions.
DeleteI need to figure out how to download and save some of the conversations I've had.
ReplyDeleteexport, is a feature. I'd hurry if I were you.
DeleteIf you want more than the primitive export, which just dumps it all into an HTML file that you wade through, look into Skyperious.
Deletethere will be na option to export all your data
Deleteor you can move them to Teams and continue there
So will I be able to use teams to call landlines and cellphones or no?
ReplyDeleteNo
Deletehttps://techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/microsoft-hangs-up-on-skype-service-to-shut-down-may-5-2025
you can keep using the credit and services you have purchased, but won't be able to purchase new or extend existing. So once they expire or you run out, you won't be able to get more.
DeleteTime to find another service that supports landlines and cellphones then, thanks.
DeleteDoes that mean it will stay usable after April for those that have credit on their Skype?
DeleteFuck.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Skype IN numbers ? I have two. Will those be ported over to teams ?
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DeleteCurious, too as I have a Skype Number set to renew at the end of May.
DeleteNo PSTN in Teams Free.
Deletehttps://techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/microsoft-hangs-up-on-skype-service-to-shut-down-may-5-2025/
You will be able to use the skype number in Teams or Skype for web, but won't be able to extend them anymore. Or you can also port them to another carrier if you want to keep them.
DeleteThe only thing I use Skype for is to phone my bank.
ReplyDeleteI've seen the Teams API, feels to me like it's cobbled together with cardboard and string. I don't trust it.
I still have credits in the skype to make calls, what happens to that?
ReplyDeleteThey keep the money
Deleteyou can keep using the credits until May, after that you can still use them from Skype for Web or from Teams app.
DeleteMain app that we use in our company (international transport)ā¦ and main app that I use in my childhood for keeping in touch with my friends. I never thought that this will happen guys.
ReplyDeleteIs there an alternative that can give you a local phone number? I am in Sweden but I use the US phone number that I get through Skype so my elderly father can call me on his home phone. š±
ReplyDeleteViber naybe?
DeleteViber only calls out, you can't get a phone number with them unfortantely
Deletewhat am i supposed to do with the phone numbers i have? I get calls and text messages every day.
ReplyDeleteAny alternative or are the phone capabilities going to be able to be used with teams?
So frustrating. I have a U.S. number with voicemail through Skype. Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative?
ReplyDeleteViber maybe?
DeleteIs it final?
ReplyDeleteSo what alternatives do we have that work on PC and mobile?
ReplyDeleteViber?
DeleteAre there any alternatives to call 800 numbers for free from abroad?
ReplyDeleteWhen I try and Sync my Skype contacts on Teams I get error: We can't process your request now. Please try again later. How do I fix this?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's overloaded, as many people might be using it right now. I would suggest to try later.
DeleteMaybe. But I tried last night when it was a ārumorā still and same error and I have a back up Skype and that one did it. But only has 20 contacts. It could be cuz Iāve been with Skype so long and have 1k plus contacts. Too many. lol.
DeleteRight now it's limited to insiders and will be rolling out gradually, unless you got a notification that you could import.
Delete20 years of using it. Gone. Even selling it to Musk would be better.
ReplyDeleteOh hell no! Rofl.
DeleteAm I going to lose all my messages?? I have a decade's worth of chats with my husband spanning from the day we met to now. I don't wanna lose all of that. :((
ReplyDeleteThe cam girl industry is in trouble. They seem to exclusively use Skype because it is so separate from everything else. so you donāt have to worry about people finding your personal info.
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