Skype Blogs

News, stories, and updates from Skype

Recommended Update Available for Mac Users

We've recently began offering our Mac users the latest version of Skype – Skype for Mac 5.1. This is not a forced update. You may see this notification pop up on your screen. This update does not take place unless… Read more

New version of Skype for Mac OS X coming soon

You may have noticed that we've just launched a new version of Skype for Windows, and I wanted to reassure you that our previous statement still stands: we're working hard to deliver group video calling to the Mac as quickly… Read more

Group video calling coming to the Mac later this year

As you've no doubt seen on the Big Blog, we've launched a beta version of Skype for Windows which includes group video calling for up to 5 people. I'd like to reassure you that we haven't forgotten about the Mac…. Read more

Skype open source

Just a quick update, since we seem to have hit slashdot with this news. Yes, there's an open source version of Linux client being developed. This will be a part of larger offering, but we can't tell you much more… Read more

Some explanations

Of course, after we released Skype 2.1 for Linux, there were many different questions. Here I'll try to debunk a few myths and explain what happens and why it is so. Myth: There is a 64-bits version of skype available… Read more

Skype for Linux 2.1 Beta out now

I'm excited to announce that after almost two years of silence Skype for Linux team is proud to present a first beta of the new, shiny Skype for Linux desktop 2.1. What's new in this release: Skype's SILK codec for… Read more

Skype for Linux updates

It's been a while since we last checked in to report on our progress with Skype for Linux, and I'm sorry to have kept you in the dark. Here are some of the things we've been up to: We've completely… Read more