Skype is gone. Here's one app that has everything it had — and more.

Skype is gone. After two decades, Microsoft has shut it down — and millions of people who relied on it for calls, chat, and video are looking for somewhere to land.

The appeal of Skype was always simplicity: calling, messaging, and video meetings in one familiar app. You didn't think about which tool to open. You just opened Skype.

Microsoft's answer is to push everyone to Teams. But Teams is built for large enterprises with IT departments — not for the freelancer, the small team, or the professional who just wants to call a client, message a colleague, and hop on a video meeting without juggling three apps.

What you actually want is everything in one place

That's exactly what Phound is built for. Calling, messaging, and video meetings live in a single app, so you're never switching tabs or asking "where did we talk about this?"

• Real calling — call anyone, with HD voice and noise cancellation. No asking the other person to install anything.
• Messaging — 1:1 and group chats alongside your calls, so the whole conversation stays in one thread.
• Video meetings — host meetings with screen sharing, included on every plan.
• One app, on every device — iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows, all in sync.

It's the simplicity Skype users loved, without the parts of Skype that hadn't kept up.

Keep your number while you're at it

If you used a Skype Number, you don't have to lose it. Phound supports number porting, so you can bring your existing number with you — no need to change it or notify your contacts. Everyone who already has your number can still reach you.

Built for small teams and professionals, not the Fortune 500

You shouldn't need an IT rollout to replace a calling app. Phound is free to start, takes a couple of minutes to set up, and scales with you when your team grows. It's the natural next step for anyone Skype left behind — without the enterprise complexity of Teams.

Make the switch to Phound