Microsoft forcing Users to Update Skype Classic to Skype 8

Skype technology is one of the most popular online inventions helping with communication of friends, family, and business for little or no cost that linked people and business over long distances. Invention of this telecommunication app has made long distances communication easier. Skype’s features have been proven important especially for businesses making it easier to communicate with clients and associates, sharing files with colleagues, sharing screen with business associates and much more.



Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype in October 2011 has seen many developments in this telecommunication application software since then. A recent up-gradation of Skype Classic (version 7.0) to Skype 8.0 however has not been appreciated by the users. As per the official announcement made, Skype classic will no longer work after 31st August 2018. Users however have already started to receive an automatic updates of Skype classic version to newer 8.0 version.

Reasons speculated for this forced updation is to take user’s feedback to discover and detect bugs in the new version to achieve its smooth and stable functioning before discontinuing the use of classic version.

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