Skype has been a huge success for Microsoft. It keeps the world talking! The ease of use is what makes the app so special. However, earlier, Skype required you to download the application for chatting and calling on desktop and mobile. This has been done away with! Yes, in an effort to make it easy for anyone to connect on Skype, the service launched a preview of
plugin-free Skype video calls in
Microsoft Edge. The Edge browser as you know was shipped with Windows 10, and advertised as a modern replacement for Internet Explorer.
Plugin-free Skype
Today, we’re excited to announce that Skype for Web, Outlook.com, Office Online and OneDrive now support real-time, plugin free voice, video and group video calling on Microsoft’s Edge browser, using the ORTC media engine that was recently embedded in Microsoft Edge.