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Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Users may transmit both text and video messages and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Skype Outage Chart 01/13/2026 23:15

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Skype Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • djcolatron Andy Colatron (@djcolatron) reported from Birmingham, England

    @Skype Fantastic, thank you - had some hardware issues on a borrowed laptop (I’m not very good at tech!) but I just switched over to the app on my phone and it worked wonderfully with great video/audio quality and no glitches 👌🏼

  • mexcell2 Michelle Excell (@mexcell2) reported from San Francisco, California

    @SkypeSupport locked out of account (password reset didn’t work) pls help. Filled out crazy form online days ago. No reply. Need to get back into my account!!

  • ThinURbut Ashwani Bhardwaj (@ThinURbut) reported from Birmingham, Alabama

    Best, when I was new to texting, USMLE study friend, Saudi Arab completed Skype chat, discussion, had to send, some info, Viber/ whatsapp gif of 💋 locked on text window, went to ask help, my wife, pressed sent, I had to apologize, calling "falken from sky stuck in date 🌳"😂.

  • DoraSpeck Dora Speck (@DoraSpeck) reported from Port Hardy, British Columbia

    @CarterTemm @PolarLights7 @Skype Oh my goodness! Thanks for the heads up! Skype's only going down hill, not up.

  • Raye96S Present Mic’s Favorite Listener @ACen 🌻 (@Raye96S) reported from Lubbock, Texas

    22. Discord hands down. Skype isn’t easy to use and you can’t have multiple channels on a server or anything. Discoed is so much more useful. 23. Yes.

  • lymanduggan Lyman Duggan VE9NE/W4 (@lymanduggan) reported from Tampa, Florida

    @SkypeSupport Have not had contact with Sri Lank friend and heard they shut down social media due to the bombing issue there. Search "social media Sri Lanka"

  • iagdotme Ian Anderson Gray 🚀 (@iagdotme) reported from Cheadle Hulme, England

    @Skype @JuliaBramble Thanks so much for offering to help Julia. I had a similar issue recently with Skype on Mac. But it seems to have resolved itself for me but not for Julia.

  • Prymalfury Prymalfury (@Prymalfury) reported from Janesville, Wisconsin

    @OfficeSupport Skype for business Admin center isn’t working well either as I can’t assign service numbers to the appropriate accounts.

  • mexcell2 Michelle Excell (@mexcell2) reported from Zürich, Kanton Zürich

    @SkypeSupport Hi! I set up my account about 12 years ago so it has really old email addresses. That’s part of the problem and why I couldn’t recover. So I went through the massive recovery process form which is hard when you don’t have access to your account, and filled it in as best I could.

  • walkdownman Walk Down Puppies and Kittens Please. (@walkdownman) reported from DeRidder, Louisiana

    I absolutely dislike Skype interviews. Phone too. Would rather they be in my living room with me slouched on the ole couch with beer in hand, puffing a Marlboro light 100. And interviewer in straight back, not so comfy chair "Perspiration" rolling down his cheeks. Hoo rah

  • cbriancpa Brian Streig, CPA (@cbriancpa) reported from Austin, Texas

    We're fixing to have a Skype interview with a @UTexasMcCombs accounting student. Fingers are crossed that we don't embarrass ourselves again with silly technical issues this time!

  • speirin Henry Joseph-Grant (@speirin) reported from Berlin, Land Berlin

    @theboydigital .... But then @Microsoft acquired @Skype and the product quality went down the toilet, leaving a massive need in the market for @zoom_us I reckon the same could happen with @LinkedIn well for those that don't need recruiters and outsource dev studios spamming you.

  • hayleylever Hayley Lever (@hayleylever) reported from Manchester, England

    @KayFKeane One lady was bought a tablet by her granddaughter. (Not the pharmaceutical kind!) and she was helped to use it. we don’t see her in the surgery any more because she can skype her family in Australia. The issue was that she was isolated and lonely. #communitywellbeing

  • byronmajor13 🧸🍻🧬BŶRØÑ🔱MÄJØR🔫🤴🇪🇺 (@byronmajor13) reported from Pretoria, Gauteng

    Guests who are not working DIRECTLY WITH BLOOMBERG WITH A DESK ETC MUST SKYPE IN IDEALLY. Or sign a contract about privacy

  • wales933 wales93 (@wales933) reported from Shrewsbury, England

    @LinusTech was wondering if we could possibly arrange for a Skype to Skype call so maybe i can get get as much help as possible as i feel like i would understand a few things better if they are actually explained to me on a 1 to 1 basis really would like your help

  • dgiambruno David Giambruno (@dgiambruno) reported from Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

    @mdkail @Skype @SkypeSupport Problem 1. Your using Skype. Loss of geek card

  • justinesherry billions of packets (@justinesherry) reported from Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul

    Shout-out to Google Voice for consistently getting stable calls through while I am traveling on spotty WiFi and 2G cell service. WhatsApp and Skype often fail buy Google Voice is a champ.

  • lymanduggan Lyman Duggan VE9NE/W4 (@lymanduggan) reported from Tampa, Florida

    @SkypeSupport using on PC and Android phone both. No error.. just no answer and see that social media blocked in Sri Lanka because of terrorist activities. Not sure if skype blocked but nothing from my friend on skype.

  • laysac20 Kait “K8” (@laysac20) reported from Pullman Junction, Washington

    I have a Skype interview today and I feel and sound like trash...lord help me. 🙃

  • marccanter4real Marc Canter - Meme Beings (@marccanter4real) reported from San Francisco, California

    @morganlinton I am a very happy Zoom customer Great investment They did what Skype, Hangouts, WebEx & the rest failed @ Build scalable, foolproof, cloud based, videoconf system that works EVERYTIME! Never have had trouble with connections, QoS, nothing Only when participants lines go down

  • ncwrd Nic Ward (@ncwrd) reported from Great Notley, England

    @PhilRumens We’ve had success lab testing with standard issue laptops and a Mr Tappy over MS lync/skype, and we’re piloting MS Teams for collaboration (although having some mixed results)...

  • DavidLloydRADIO 📻 David Lloyd (@DavidLloydRADIO) reported from Nottinghamshire, England

    @NickGarnettBBC @timoncheese For some reason I don’t think I’ve ever conducted a Skype/FaceTime interview on BBC local radio without it sounding appalling! Some compatibility issue, I guess

  • _tylermatherne ™🤠 (@_tylermatherne) reported from Slidell, Louisiana

    Going from gaming, streaming, and using discord at the same time no problem in college, to having my skype call drop 1617372773 times with Gracen, and having my games rubber band til i die really shows me how spoiled I was with LSU's internet

  • mazzimonicaXXX Mazzaratie Monica (@mazzimonicaXXX) reported from Summerfield, Maryland

    Lol doing worry @manfuryxxx doesn't even do it for me. I have to get my fix from my amazing fans when they skype me.

  • dickybrew1 Dickie (@dickybrew1) reported from Papcastle, England

    Sat in a Skype meeting with a broken mic and no sound. What's even the point. Just sat looking at a screen with relevance to me

  • Meeknesss_ Miko Flowers (@Meeknesss_) reported from Woodcrest, California

    Every single time money is tight my mind always jumps to when a married gay man slid in my DM’s and said he’d pay me to flex in my underwear on Skype and I turned it down... Could’ve been easy money smh

  • Prymalfury Prymalfury (@Prymalfury) reported from Janesville, Wisconsin

    Looks like resource accounts isn’t functional in Teams admin center either @Office365. Can’t assign service numbers in the Skype admin center too.

  • IronTempleDog 🖤𝕴𝖗𝖔𝖓𝕿𝖊𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖊𝕯𝖔𝖌🖤 (@IronTempleDog) reported from Toronto, Ontario

    @RopeyLibrarian I would love your help! There's a list I just wrote to @The_Button_ of the early on stuff that I could use help with. Let me know if any of that appeals & maybe we can all meet / Skype / Slack / Wire at some point to talk through it.

  • DoraSpeck Dora Speck (@DoraSpeck) reported from Port Hardy, British Columbia

    @adriani4530 @CarterTemm That's kinda creepy though. Skype's only going down hill!

  • wavy__zee zee🌻. (@wavy__zee) reported from Des Moines, Iowa

    So after a skype/phone call meeting with her and the dean and me having to plead my case cause they ALREADY had they kind made up. Even tho the dean said my essay was VERY DIFFERENT. he still was going to agree w the prof. 😑. But u know that wasn’t gone fly so I argued them down