Microsoft quietly revealed some new numbers for Skype usage today. The company shared some new milestones for Skype along with the launch of its new consumer-focused version of Teams.
Microsoft says Skype has seen “significant increases” in Skype usage recently. The announcement comes just a day after Microsoft announced an incredible 775% increase in its cloud usage.
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Today, Microsoft announced that Skype is being used by 40 million people daily. The number of people using Skype daily has seen a 70% increase since last month. Microsoft has also experienced a 220% increased in Skype-to-Skype calling minutes in the last month.
“Staying connected with our loved ones has never been more important than it is right now. We’re pleased to offer tools like Skype to help people to stay in touch with family and friends through chat and video calling. Recently, we have seen significant increases in Skype usage,” said Microsoft.
Microsoft announced recently that its Teams service had 44 million daily active users.
With apps like WhatsApp and FaceTime becoming more popular in recent times, it seems like Skype is still incredibly popular, at least according to Microsoft. With more people continuing to stay home due to the coronavirus outbreak, it’s likely the number of people using services like Skype and Microsoft Teams is only going to increase.
ragingthunder
<blockquote><em><a href="#535053">In reply to bluvg:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>Skype is a favourite among the older crowd, and in developing nations. 10 years ago everyone I knew used Skype. Today, I don't know anyone. The Skype app has become another annoyance to get rid of when using a new WIndows PC.</p>
hansolo
<blockquote><em><a href="#535295">In reply to ragingthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>right click > unisntall? wow so annoyng ,,, can you tell me how to get rid of scroogle apps on android instead?</p>
hansolo
<blockquote><em><a href="#535528">In reply to Username:</a></em></blockquote><p>ph lucklily on all the other OSes you don't have to do anything similar … for example unisntall chess on mac os, safari on ios, google services on android and chrome os</p>
hansolo
<blockquote><em><a href="#535183">In reply to BoItmanLives:</a></em></blockquote><p>please share your opinion about the rest of the web services connecting people and sharing the numbers</p>
hansolo
<blockquote><em><a href="#535323">In reply to yoshi:</a></em></blockquote><p>try again</p>
hansolo
<blockquote><em><a href="#535357">In reply to awright18:</a></em></blockquote><p>only Skype</p>
hansolo
<p>Meanwhile the Xbox app is finally ditching electron for UWP</p>
hansolo
<blockquote><em><a href="#535951">In reply to hansolo:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>so who downvoted me is clearly upset that the new app is 300mb instead of 600mb, it uses 300mb of ram instead of 1.5gb of ram … Can you kindly technically explain why you don't like this?</p>