14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently announced that Skype 7.0, also known as Skype Classic, would be discontinued on November 1.
The company says it has already migrated the most popular features of this older version to modern Skype (Skype 8.0) and users are recommended to update as soon as possible.
“We’re continuing to work on your most requested features. Recently we launched call recording and have started to roll out the ability to search within a conversation. You’ll soon be able to add phone numbers to existing contacts, have more control over your availability status, and more,” Microsoft says.
“As we continue to focus on and improve Skype version 8, support for Skype versions 7, and below will end on November 1, 2018 on desktop devices and November 15, 2018 on mobile and tablet devices. Although you may be able to use older versions for a little while, we encourage you to update today to avoid any interruption.”
Second attempt to kill off Skype Cassic
This isn’t the first time when Microsoft announces the end of Skype Classic. Back in July, the company said it would retire the application on September 1, pushing users to the modern version of the app.
The decision, however, was reverted following public backlash, with many users calling for the company to delay its plan as some of the most popular features in the older version of Skype weren’t yet available in its successor.
Now Microsoft is pushing for another deadline, suggesting that most of the features are already available in the modern implementation of Skype.
What’s important to know is that although you may be able to use Skype Classic after the November 1 target, the app may stop working at any minute after this deadline. As an alternative, if you’re already running Windows 10, you can use the built-in Skype client.