Six months after announcing plans for a plugin-free version of Skype on the web, Microsoft is rolling it out in a limited capacity. Microsoft Edge users can now conduct Skype calls and video chats on ...

Microsoft-owned messaging platform Skype has largely been content to let its Web-based client obsolesce since its introduction last year — the browser-based Skype interface has long lacked many of the ...

The day is finally here, Chromebook users. Microsoft launched Skype for Web worldwide this week, enabling access to Skype instant messaging on Chromebooks. Previously, Microsoft was blocking ...

Microsoft has updated its Skype for Web offering with the ability to call mobile phones and landlines. Users can make international calls directly from Skype for Web to cell phones or landlines using ...

Want to use Skype to make voice or video calls, but don’t want to actually install the app on your computer? No problem. Skype now works in a web browser. And when I say a web browser, I mean ...

Starting today, Skype users in the U.S. and U.K. can start making calls directly from their browsers. The Skype for Web beta makes the chat program available without having to download and install the ...

Microsoft will broaden the pool of testers for Skype for Web to include even more countries "in the next few weeks." Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of ...

Skype is probably the most well-known service for web-based voice and video calls, and with the advancement of smartphones and native applications it’s easy to skype on the go. Not everyone wants to ...

When Microsoft introduced Skype for Web a few years ago, the idea was to have a platform that was universal for all its services. However, the company failed to bring several features to the web ...

Skype has opened its web-based client beta to the entire world, after launching it broadly in the U.S. and U.K. earlier this month. Skype for Web also now supports Chromebook and Linux for instant ...