{"id":65523,"date":"2014-04-28T22:50:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T20:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=65523"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:43:38","slug":"skype-free-group-video-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-free-group-video-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype group video calls are finally free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an attempt to keep up with <a title=\"Google Hangouts news\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/google-hangouts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Hangouts<\/a> and <a title=\"ooVoo for Windows\" href=\"http:\/\/oovoo.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ooVoo<\/a>, Skype has made group video calling free. The feature previously cost $8.99 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Starting today, group video calling will be free on <strong>Windows desktop, Mac, and the Xbox One<\/strong>. Skype promises to bring free video calling to more platforms  in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Skype group video calling <strong>supports up to 10 people at once<\/strong>, same as Google Hangouts. However, ooVoo supports up to 12 people at once.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has built Skype support into <a title=\"Skype for Outlook.com now available worldwide\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-for-outlook-com-now-available-worldwide\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outlook.com<\/a> making it easier for its users to use Skype for messaging. Like Google Hangouts, Skype requires a <a title=\"Skype web plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/support.skype.com\/en\/faq\/FA12316\/what-is-the-skype-web-plugin-and-how-do-i-install-it-in-outlook-com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">web plugin<\/a> to work in a browser. Alternatively, users can download Skype for <a title=\"Skype for Windows\" href=\"http:\/\/skype.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows<\/a> or <a title=\"Skype for Mac\" href=\"http:\/\/skype.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac<\/a> to make and receive messages, calls, and video chats.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"Skype blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.skype.com\/2014\/04\/28\/skype-loves-bringing-groups-together-with-free-group-video-calling\/\" 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\/my-com-launches-mobile-only-email-accounts-with-no-passwords\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My.com launches mobile only email accounts with no passwords<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/when-you-look-at-monthly-active-users-whatsapp-is-streets-ahead-of-the-competition\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When you look at monthly active users, WhatsApp is streets ahead of the competition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/viber-on-ios-updated-with-all-new-design\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viber on iOS updated with all new design<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an attempt to keep up with Google Hangouts and ooVoo, Skype has made group video calling free. The feature previously cost $8.99 per month. Starting today, group video calling will be free on Windows desktop, Mac, and the Xbox One. Skype promises to bring free video calling to more platforms in the future. Skype &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/skype-free-group-video-calls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skype group video calls are finally free&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":65525,"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-65523","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\/65523","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=65523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330863,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65523\/revisions\/330863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65523"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=65523"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=65523"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=65523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}