14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft demoed the new Skype-based Windows 10 messaging service earlier this year and the company promised to deliver it to computers running the new operating system sometime this summer, but it turns out that the development process actually takes more than initially projected.
So in a statement released today and published by Thurott.com, Microsoft confirms that it needs more time to complete the new Skype messaging apps for Windows 10, but once again, the company provides absolutely no timing information to let users know when these new tools could arrive.
“We want to make sure Skype built into Windows 10 is the best experience possible, so we’re taking some more time to make sure it’s ready for users. In the meantime, you can continue to use Skype for Windows desktop, Skype for Windows Phone and Skype for Web on Edge,” a company spokesperson said.
Two-month delay
And yet, according to the official announcement, Microsoft was supposed to start the rollout of Skype apps for Windows 10 on July 7.
“We’re simplifying the PC experience down to one app that you can use either with your mouse and keyboard or with touch. Starting on July 7, we’re updating PC users of the Windows modern application to the Windows desktop application, and retiring the modern application,” the company said in a statement released earlier this year when it also confirmed the end of the Metro version of Skype.
As far as the expected release date of the new app, word has it that Microsoft is looking at October or November, which could be a sign that it might be included in the major Windows update that everyone’s waiting for these days.
According to people close to the matter, this Windows update is expected sometime in late October or early November, so we might not have to wait much longer to get our hands on the universal Skype app.