But Skype's popularity began to fade over the years, due to newer apps like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Apple’s Facetime. At the app’s peak in 2011, Skype had over 150 million users.

Shut down by Microsoft, the beloved video chat app is leaving behind a very different world than the one it gave birth to.

Skype is shutting down. The once-monolithic video calling platform wasn’t able to keep pace with competitors like Zoom and ...

If you are too young to remember a time before smartphones, FaceTime, and WhatsApp, take it from me that Skype’s launch was truly revolutionary. It suddenly became simple to call home if you ...

Zoom and Meet were ascendant. Most of the people I knew who were interacting with Skype were grandmothers who didn't know what FaceTime meant and people who occasionally found a Skype process ...

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"Skype me" even became part of everyday language ... WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Apple FaceTime, and newer apps like Signal all began offering free P2P (peer-to-peer) calls.

At one point, Skype was the go-to option for video calls. This was before FaceTime became an option for mobile users and webcams started to capture in more than 720p. It has since paved the way ...