Skype for Windows

Skype is one of the most popular cross-platform applications for IP telephony which allows you to communicate with users around the world. For this purpose, high-quality voice and video calls, as well as chat correspondence and video messages are provided here. The program itself is completely free - you only pay for Internet connection services.

To get started, you need to go through a simple registration and create an account. After that, any subscriber of the service on any OS can contact you and start unlimited communication. By adding your friends to the address book, you will always know their online status whether they are online or have gone on business. In addition, Skype provides for sending files, you can organize communication in groups (conferences), attach emoticons, animated stickers and funny videos to your messages.

As additional paid services, several useful functions are also offered, such as calls to regular (landline and mobile) phones, access to WiFi networks, sending SMS messages, etc.

But that's not all: you can communicate via Skype even with those users who are not registered in the service. Just create a new conversation and send a link to it to friends and family by email or through another instant messaging service - by clicking on the link through any browser, you can also fully correspond and call up with a specific user or even a whole group of people.

As for security, the developers of the service guarantee maximum confidentiality and privacy of personal data: all communication between subscribers is encrypted and protected from interception.

The main features of the application:

• Unlimited time and distance calls to other subscribers4
• Excellent sound quality
• Displaying the status of your friends (online, out of place, do not disturb, etc.)
• Sending files, photos, videos, contact list
• A lot of emoticons and emoji gifs to express your mood and variety of communication
• All conversations are encrypted for maximum secrecy
• Work with all firewalls and routers without additional configuration