Microsoft is beta testing a version of Skype that will work from a variety of browsers, and which ultimately will alleviate the need for Skype app or plug-in downloads. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has ...

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 ...

Skype users can soon call and chat with their contacts from their web browser. Microsoft is rolling out a beta version of Skype for Web, which allows a limited number of beta testers to use Skype's ...

Thanks to a just-released update, Skype for Web is now just as functional as its desktop and smartphone app counterparts, with support for HD video calling now also on the web app. Chrome and ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is unveiling a beta version of Skype for Web today, a new ...

Update: Good news! Skype says that Chrome on Chromebooks and non-Windows platforms can use Skype for Web for instant messaging, but not yet for voice and video because the plugin hasn’t been ...

Skype is making its web app more like the desktop version with a few new ways to reach non-Skype users. With Skype for Web, users can now place voice calls to any mobile phone or landline through the ...

Microsoft has started making available a beta of Skype that will run in Web browsers. Microsoft's Skype for Web beta, announced on November 14, is aimed at users who want and need to use Skype without ...

Microsoft is fleshing out the Skype for Web app with some welcome new features that combine the best of the desktop app with the benefits of being based in a browser. Perhaps the biggest feature left ...

A Web-based version of Skype could be useful for many reasons, but it's proving glitchy even with Microsoft's own products. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Last November, Microsoft began rolling out on a limited basis a beta version of Skype that would run in Web browsers. On June 5, Microsoft expanded the beta to include anyone in the US or UK ...

After appearing in Outlook.com in 2013, Skype is getting the full HTML treatment with the new Skype for Web beta. That’s right: Skype is becoming a standalone web app! But don’t throw out your Windows ...