Using Skype, you can create a Microsoft account and communicate with other Skype users via text messaging. This version of Skype utilizes the older user interface that makes searching for chats and receiving notifications easier and simpler to use.

Newer versions of Skype utilize a new interface that people have found to have less features or not as easy to use. This is Skype version 7.40.0.104, or Skype Classic, which uses the older, and what is considered the more desirable, user interface for the program. Skype is a instant message and voice-over-ip (voip) communications program that allows you to communicate with friends via text messaging or by calling them over the Internet.