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Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Users may transmit both text and video messages and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Skype users through our website.
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Connection (47%)
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Video (12%)
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Glitches (11%)
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Sign in (10%)
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Messaging (8%)
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Multimedia (8%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Skype outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Livonia |
App Crashing | |
 Guayaquil |
Sign in | |
 Ljubljana |
Connection | |
 Sevilla |
Sign in | |
| Anchorage |
App Crashing | |
 Tlalnepantla |
Messaging |
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Skype Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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berwyn 🍁
(@_berwyn_) reported
@pixelyunicorn And honestly, I can't fault them on Skype's fate, it was already broken beyond repair before they got it and just needed an actual competitor to finally fall into the grave. Can't say they really _helped_ avert that fate tho
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Ivy Doomsday
(@IvyDoomsday) reported
@Hytsia @business You're right. It's called people left skype cause discord came to be. If discord never popped up Skype would still be the #1 service in that area today. And discord only took over the market cause it was more tailored to gamers, the main demographic for skype for awhile.
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🐮CamronJK🐻 and 16 others
(@CamronJK) reported
@LenaAxios /me stares at Skype... Like even ignoring what they did the Mixer, they have a service that worked the same way, and they butchered it.
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Gloomy
(@gloomygalleon) reported
instead of fixing their own service, they’d rather just bog another one down. funny how that turns out. didn’t we leave Skype for this same exact reason lmao (I doubt it would happen for this cord though)
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Christopher Komer
(@dustbunnyck) reported
@JakeBaldino I hope not Discord would get ruined cause Skype has been complete garbage since forever and they shut down msn messenger too
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Jose En’ Casa
(@nor_malSuit) reported
I just started Discord, and now Im gonna end my account bc Microsoft is buying it apparently. My problem is that Microsoft will kill what it is, Skype is dead and owner by Microsoft. Why cant they build their own apps? If they put some effort they can redefine it.
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eyestrain kitsune🌈🦊💖
(@roxsune) reported
@yourcompanionAI i guess at least theyre the least likely to do excessively weird **** with it beyond use it to supplant skype and maybe force microsoft accounts for login like theyre working on doing with java!mc
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The Lost Messenger
(@MessengerLost) reported
@Minty_Root I remember the days of when group chats were held on Skype. It was considered a minor miracle whenever the program worked without any problems for a whole day.
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Björk
(@__phantomderp) reported
@boring_cactus No, but it is a thing that's been exceptionally poorly executed on. And if you can fail Lync/Skype/Teams and a handful of other communication platforms, maaaaybe you should sit down and look in the mirror rather than just trying to paper it over with another shiny service!
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Disaster
(@MoonlightUmbry) reported
The funny thing about the idea of MS buying Discord is that they'll have to take Skype out back and put it down
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VergiliZenos Propaganda (ACAB)
(@Vergiliaux) reported
@Amo_Embersign lmao I just ditched my Skype acc when they had a nasty security breach and they kept breaking into it right after I changed my password several times and remember the ads on Skype that slowed the whole thing down?
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matt
(@Matt_Volk) reported
@TravisHymas @EFF Skype is the worst to use for communication in a job. It's so outdated and just terrible.
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EG Eric Aaberg
(@Erictigerawr) reported
@Jamalrus Interesting perspective for sure, maybe it's just because I'm more on the Google suite side of things? Tbh my experiences with M365 haven't been the best - and the issues I've always had with Skype back in the day probs just give me the bad impression of Msft
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Cypher
(@CypherCyborg) reported
@discord Do not accept Microsoft's offer. They killed skype already and we moved over to your service for that EXACT REASON.
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Mush
(@MushPIush) reported
@SuperBones5000 Skype was something MS bought, mismanaged so bad it basically died, and Microsoft Teams is basically a video chat service
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Ryan :slight_smile:
(@Ryan_Recon) reported
@vTRouter skype was always ****, i still dont see a problem with them wanting to buy discord
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(BIG) BROTHER
(@bigbrotrippin) reported
@Sneakyone75 Yeah me n my homies did a while back too, weirdly skype for enterprise wasnt that bad, the problem with skype and their enterprise variant is they never adapted. Multi-channel irc-style rooms like discord and slack has is just easier to use, multiple skype chats sucked lol
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Dream Walker
(@Dream_WaIker) reported
@business nothing imminent, just initial talks theres also a chance Discord could go public MSFT owns Skype. failed & shut down Mixer. and are now interested in Discord. interesting to see how the situation develops ...How do you feel about this?
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Koriko
(@Curator_Koriko) reported
@xx_hannah_xx Yeah, unpopular opinion, but I think moving Discord to Azure and dealing with all the problems that crop up might mean more stability for the service in the long term. If I had to trust my life Skype or Discord to send a message, it would be Skype.
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Mar-i-oOo 😋/🥲
(@ObscureNovice) reported
@Romudeth Skype used to be an everyday thing for me. Now I don't even know my login.
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Crusader, Lord of the Realm
(@Crusader3456) reported
@PixelMetal @Romudeth Only problem i have had is due to how our VPN works. If I don't restart Teams after reconnecting it gets upset, but so does Outlook and Skype.
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Dragons 🎮🍕🐉
(@Dragons_Dusk) reported
@HoegLaw I hate Skype and refuse to use it, the LAST thing I want is Microsoft to shove all the privacy issues Skype has on the one thing I do use
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🔞🏳️🌈Loki’s Buttslut🏳️⚧️⭕️🔞
(@YourBoswell) reported
@business NO. SKYPE IS TERRIBLE ALREADY. DONT BREAK DISCORD TOO.
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VTuber Stan Yubel | #BlackLivesMatter
(@StanYubel) reported
@Lonely_Fricker I swear skype was a paid service but I'm probably just an idiot (so nothing out of the ordinary tbh)
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Haruhiko
(@jackyharuhiko) reported
@stroughtonsmith My recent experience with video calling on Skype made me nostalgic about 15 years ago. The call quality is just the same. Laggy, pixelated, terrible voice quality.
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10-4
(@bigtenfourCS) reported
@JakeBaldino I mean, look what they did with Skype? Nothing. Microsoft will probably run it to the ground in 4-5 years. Skype should have been THE video conferencing service to use during the lockdown, instead they got beat by the new kid on the block, Zoom
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Drew (Video Editor feel free to DM)
(@WhatIfUniverse) reported
@TheSalajin Data collection could be an issue in my opinion and they own skype so its kinda a monopoly if they buy it
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boff
(@calvinbugalo) reported
Twitter spaces be bussin though 🤞🏼 Skype really down the drain
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Ten Years Of Something
(@somethingguy912) reported
@business I mean if it can regulate the furry **** (redundancy) chats that promulgate Discord, cool. Although I can't help but think they'll treat it as poorly as they did skype
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Pyrii ♿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇧🦉
(@Pyrii) reported
@SignpostMarv That's the only upside to this. Microsoft butchered Skype so bad that Discord became as popular as it is because of how bad Skype got to use. They just can't help trying to remake MSN messenger, bugs and all