Why you’ll love instant messaging
Use Skype IM to chat with family and friends
Add all of your friends to the same instant message (IM) conversation and decide on the time and place for your Saturday without the emails and phone tag.
Use Skype IM to chat with colleagues
See when people are online and get instant answers to quick questions with instant messages on Skype, whether your colleagues are next door or on the other side of the world.
Skype IM is available on
Your computer
Get Skype and instant message friends and colleagues for free on your PC or Mac.
Your mobile
Call and IM your friends and colleagues on the move with Skype on your mobile.
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No emergency calls with Skype
Skype is not a replacement for your telephone and can't be used for emergency calling
