Skype's Group Video Calls Now Free for Everyone

Skype's group video call feature is now free for all users.

The company introduced group video calls in 2010, supporting group video chats for up to 10 users at once. The feature was free for a few months during a public beta, but became a paid feature in early 2011.

Skype outlined the new change on its blog, writing (emphasis ours):

For the last few years, we've offered group video calling to Premium users on Windows desktop and Mac and more recently Xbox One. Today, we're excited to announce that we're making group video calling free – for all users on these platforms. And, in the future, we'll be enabling group video calling for all our users across more platforms – at no cost. Read more...