{"id":7602,"date":"2021-08-23T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2021-08-23T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T22:03:00","slug":"are-skypes-days-numbered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=7602","title":{"rendered":"Are Skype\u2019s days numbered?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”409.8px”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RIPSkype.jpg” title_text=”RIPSkype” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

Is it finally time?\u00a0<\/h2>\n

For a long time, Skype was the \u201cgo-to\u201d video calling app. It was free, and it worked so much better than the alternatives. It used to be the default means to connect with friends and family, to the point that it achieved verb status \u2013 we would say we were skyping someone rather than saying a video call.<\/p>\n

But those days seem to be in the past. Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5bn, and it became a business tool. Many organisations, including Kinetics, used Skype for Business. But times change and Teams and Zoom have taken the limelight away.<\/p>\n

Now that Teams is being built into the new version of Windows \u2013 right on the taskbar of Windows 11 \u2013 is Skype dead? The promotional pages about Windows show Teams used for personal calls, specifically connecting with family. Skype may have started as a personal product and become a work tool, and Teams looks to have gone the other way.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

With Teams right there, on the taskbar, why would you ever use Skype?<\/h3>\n

We\u2019re not the only ones to think so – Is Windows 11 the beginning of the end for Skype? – BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n

Our guess is that Skype has had its day, and Microsoft are seeing a world where they need to compete with Zoom, Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp and even Facetime. They are doing that by making Teams easier to access, and at the same time getting the pre-installed Skype relegated to the past.<\/p>\n

But will it work? <\/strong><\/p>\n

For years, new Windows devices also came with Internet Explorer and then Edge, but people still installed and used Chrome or other browsers. It will come down to who you are making a call to and what is easiest for them (They might not be using a Windows 11 PC).<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it finally time?\u00a0 For a long time, Skype was the \u201cgo-to\u201d video calling app. It was free, and it worked so much better than the alternatives. It used to be the default means to connect with friends and family, to the point that it achieved verb status \u2013 we would say we were skyping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}