{"id":61907,"date":"2014-03-05T00:52:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T22:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=61907"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:50:31","slug":"skype-for-outlook-com-now-available-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-outlook-com-now-available-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype for Outlook.com now available worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft <a title=\"Skype for Outlook.com now available in six countries\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-for-outlook-com-now-available-in-six-countries\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debuted Skype for Outlook.com<\/a> in August 2013 but only to the six countries. Today, Skype for Outlook.com is available worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Users will need to install a browser plug-in to get the feature to work. Afterward, you can use Skype from within Outlook.com without a need to download the Skype desktop client.<\/p>\n<p>The latest version of the Skype for Outlook.com plug-in now supports <a title=\"Safari for Mac\" href=\"http:\/\/safari.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safari for Mac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61909\" title=\"Skype for Outlook.com\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/outlook-com.png\" alt=\"Skype for Outlook.com\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/outlook-com.png 450w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/outlook-com-256x143.png 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/outlook-com-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/outlook-com-238x134.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft also fixed an annoying issue where Skype calls  would continue ringing in Outlook.com even after the call was picked up with the Skype desktop app.<\/p>\n<p>To install the Skype for Outlook.com plug-in, visit the download link below.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Download Skype for Outlook.com plug-in\" href=\"https:\/\/skypewebexperience.skype.com\/content\/0-0-0\/plugin_installation.html#get-started-page?intcmp=blogs-_-generic-click-_-skype-brings-the-world-closer-together-one-inbox-at-a-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Skype for Outlook.com plug-in<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"Skype blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.skype.com\/2014\/03\/04\/skype-brings-the-world-closer-together-one-inbox-at-a-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/major-hangouts-for-ios-update-brings-stickers-video-messaging\">Major Hangouts for iOS update brings stickers, video messaging<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/gchq-intercepted-1-8-million-yahoo-webcam-images\">GCHQ intercepted 1.8 million Yahoo! webcam images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/facebook-messenger-for-firefox-also-gets-the-axe-march-3\">Facebook Messenger for Firefox also gets the axe March 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft debuted Skype for Outlook.com in August 2013 but only to the six countries. Today, Skype for Outlook.com is available worldwide. Users will need to install a browser plug-in to get the feature to work. Afterward, you can use Skype from within Outlook.com without a need to download the Skype desktop client. The latest version &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-for-outlook-com-now-available-worldwide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skype for Outlook.com now available worldwide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":61909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2559],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-61907","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\/61907","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=61907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331210,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61907\/revisions\/331210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61907"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=61907"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=61907"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=61907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}