Windows 10: You can now jump into Skype calls through Windows Search and Edge

Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion back in 2011 when Zoom and Snapchat were founded. Back in the old days, Skype was the main way consumers and businesses remained in touch over the internet.

Skype looked like it would become Microsoft’s flagship product for its chat services across consumers and businesses until Microsoft Teams arrived.

While Skype is still being maintained for consumers, Microsoft has already announced that they will retire Skype for Business on July 31st, 2021. All business customers signing up for Office 365 are automatically advised to use Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft says Skype isn’t going away and the service is used by more than half a billion people. Over a hundred million people use Skype on a monthly basis and the journey “continues”, Microsoft said.

Microsoft is now testing a new feature on the new tab page of Microsoft Edge and Windows Search that would make it easier for you to jump into a Skype call. Both Windows Search and Microsoft Edge now have a “Meet now” button appear on the front page.



When you click on the “Meet now” button, you can now jump straight into a web-based Skype call. With this feature, you can quickly and easily create a virtual meeting using Skype Meet Now.

This will also allow you to set up your meeting by generating and sharing a link with the other attendees.



In fact, other participants don’t need a Skype account to join your meeting and several other features are included in the full version or when you use the Windows 10 app.

The participants can join through:

• Skype program.
• Web.
• Skype app.

Once you’re in a meeting, you can view a list of participants and access the chats synced to Skype. You can also turn the camera and microphone on or off, and share or your record your screen and calls.

Like other video conferencing services, Skype Meet allows you to share files, create polls, and collaborate with participants.

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I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.

 

Windows 10: Explorer, Edge, Skype stopped working. Getting message error "Hmm, we can't reach this page" in Edge and "this page can't be displayed" in Internet Explorer.

Hi Eugenia,

Thank you for your response with the current update on the issue.

To assist you better, please provide us the information below:

• When you say that "my provider", are you referring to Internet Service provider?
• Are you able to use Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge?

I suggest you to check if default Skype app is installed on the computer by following steps.

1. Click on Search bar.

2. Then type "Skype" without the quotes in the search bar.

3. Check if there is any default skype app displaying the search list.

4. If it is present, then try to access the skype.

If skype is not installed on the computer, then try to install it through Windows Store.

1. Open Windows Store.

2. Then type Get Skype in the search bar of Store and click on it.

3. Try to install it.

Please get back to us with an update on issue with using skype for connecting to Internet, we will be happy to help.

Thank you.