{"id":35982,"date":"2013-02-15T22:29:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=35982"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:37:15","slug":"skype-pushes-back-windows-live-messenger-discontinuation-starts-testing-video-voicemail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-pushes-back-windows-live-messenger-discontinuation-starts-testing-video-voicemail\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype pushes back Windows Live Messenger discontinuation, starts testing video voicemail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"skype video voicemail\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/skype-pushes-back-windows-live-messenger-discontinuation-starts-testing-video-voicemail\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32187\" title=\"skype metro icon\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/01\/Apps-Skype-alt-Metro-icon.png\" alt=\"skype metro icon\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><a title=\"skype\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/b\/skype\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a> had previously announced that it would be taking over <a title=\"windows live messenger 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/windows-live-messenger-2012.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Live Messenger<\/a> as the default messaging service for Windows on <a title=\"microsoft to discontinue windows live messenger\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/microsoft-to-discontinue-messenger-on-march-15th-forcing-users-to-use-skype-instead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 15th, 2013<\/a>. In a new blog post from the company, the date has been pushed back to <strong>April 8th, 2013<\/strong>. The update will be staggered over the entire month of April. Users will be given a notification about installing Skype and uninstalling Messenger. Windows Live Messenger users in China can continue using the messaging client without any interruption.<\/p>\n<p>Skype has been iterating quickly recently, no doubt to add features that Windows Live Messenger users will be missing. Just this Wednesday, <a title=\"skype 6.2 update\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/skype-6-2-update-adds-re-designed-toolbar-and-egifting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype was updated<\/a> for Windows and Mac to add an easier to use toolbar and eGifting. While Skype is a great video chat application, it has a lot of work to make it a great instant messaging client as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36001\" title=\"skype ipad video voicemail\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/2013-02-15-12.13.471.png\" alt=\"skype ipad video voicemail\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/2013-02-15-12.13.471.png 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/2013-02-15-12.13.471-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Facebook, <a title=\"android whatsapp\" href=\"http:\/\/whatsapp-android.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whatsapp<\/a>, <a title=\"viber android\" href=\"http:\/\/viber-mobile.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viber<\/a>, and mobile chat applications are gaining market share and Skype has taken notice. Skype updated its <a title=\"skype for mac\" href=\"http:\/\/skype-for-mac.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OS X<\/a>, <a title=\"skype for android\" href=\"http:\/\/skype-1.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a>, and <a title=\"skype for iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/skype-1.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS<\/a> clients to support video voicemail. There&#8217;s no word on when Windows or Windows Phone will receive this feature. Users will now be able to send their contacts videos up to 3 minutes in length. Free users are given 20 free video messages to begin with, but premium subscribers will have unlimited video messages. You can also download the videos you&#8217;ve received as MP4s.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Skype\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.skype.com\/2013\/02\/15\/skype-and-messenger-coming-together-the-next-chapter\/#fbid=fGViIvgPVLa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype had previously announced that it would be taking over Windows Live Messenger as the default messaging service for Windows on March 15th, 2013. In a new blog post from the company, the date has been pushed back to April 8th, 2013. The update will be staggered over the entire month of April. Users will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-pushes-back-windows-live-messenger-discontinuation-starts-testing-video-voicemail\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skype pushes back Windows Live Messenger discontinuation, starts testing video voicemail&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":36001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[],"tags":[2559],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-35982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionskype"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333367,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35982\/revisions\/333367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35982"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=35982"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=35982"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=35982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}