Microsoft killing off the old Skype client… for real this time
In July, Microsoft announced plans to end support for the "classic" Skype client in September. But those plans were put on hold after the Skype community complained that the new, modern client was missing some beloved features from the classic client.
With plans now in place to reinstate those missing features, Microsoft has resurrected plans to deprecate the old Skype client. Skype version 7, the classic client, will no longer be supported after November 1 on desktop devices and November 15 on mobile devices.
The deprecation comes as Microsoft is consolidating its Skype development on a single client that's used across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and even the Web. The new client, version 8, has been under development since 2016 and is where Microsoft is performing all new development work, including the recent call recording and end-to-end encryption features.
