Which Skype enabled platforms are no longer supported?

8 july 2017 at 05:21 2 comments Help, Notices

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Because starting from July 1, 2017 the Skype moves from the P2P (peer-to-peer) architecture to the cloud infrastructure, it will be discontinued the support of some devices and operating systems. This means that Skype will stop working on such platforms (in most cases there will be authorization problems) and no new versions or updates will be released for them.

Skype is no longer supported on the following operating systems:

Android 4.0.2 and lower
Blackberry OS 7.1 and lower
iOS 7 and lower
Mac OS X 10.8 and lower
Symbian
Windows Phone 8.1 and lower
At authorization the following error occurs: Sign in unsuccessful. You cannot be signed in at this time. Please check your network settings and try again.

A list of some devices: Microsoft Lumia 535, Microsoft Lumia 435, Microsoft Lumia 532, Microsoft Lumia 430, Microsoft Lumia 540, Microsoft Lumia 640, Microsoft Lumia 640 XL, Nokia Lumia 520, Nokia Lumia 525, Nokia Lumia 530, Nokia Lumia 620, Nokia Lumia 625, Nokia Lumia 630, Nokia Lumia 635, Nokia Lumia 720, Nokia Lumia 730, Nokia Lumia 735, Nokia Lumia 810, Nokia Lumia 820, Nokia Lumia 822, Nokia Lumia 830, Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 925, Nokia Lumia 928, Nokia Lumia 930, Nokia Lumia 1020, Nokia Lumia 1320, Nokia Lumia 1520, Nokia Lumia Icon, HTC 8S, HTC 8X.
Windows RT
A list of some devices: Asus VivoTab RT, Dell XPS 10, Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11, Microsoft Surface, Samsung Ativ Tab.

Skype is no longer supported on the following devices:

Skype for Verizon
Skype for 3
Skype for Telkomsel
Skype for TV
Skype landline phones
Cordless DECT phones
Analog telephone adapters (ATA)

Workaround

If you are unable to update an unsupported device or operating system, use Skype for browser as a workaround.

Attention!

The third party stores still sell such devices (for example, Skype phones or Windows RT devices), but Skype will not work. Therefore, if you need a working Skype, do not buy the devices listed above.

Help improve this article

If you have a device that doesn’t support Skype, please indicate in the comments the device name, operating system and screenshot of the Skype error. If necessary, upload screenshot to uploads.skaip.org/uploader and write your ID.

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Almin (karma: +9), 9 july 2017 at 19:49 #

Just want to know what's the difference between cloud and P2P is Cloud faster?

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  Administrator (karma: +1207), 10 july 2017 at 06:47 # ↑
  
  Each technology has its pros and cons. Cloud allows to send messages and files to offline contacts, protect privacy (I mean that your contacts do not know your IP), synchronize conversation between devices, reduce the load on the user’s device.
  
  On other hand P2P is faster than «cloud» (this is especially noticeable at file transfers), but the disadvantage is that both contacts must be always online. Nevertheless, in most cases (for example, while chatting) the speed difference will not be felt.

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