In other words, Skype users on Chrome have just lost their ability to use one of the world’s most popular messaging platforms. To make matters even worse, Microsoft announced that the web-based version of Skype on will require a plug-in that, most likely, won’t be compatible with Chrome OS. It’s not an adequate solution to the problem.) (A small subset of Chrome OS users put their devices into developer mode and install a more complete distribution of Linux, thus enabling them to download the desktop Linux version of Skype – this method however is definitely not for everyone, could cancel the hardware warranty, and is really reserved for more advanced users. This news is very significant to Chrome OS users, most of whom have no way to use Skype outside of web-based services such as imo. We don’t know if we will be able to support Skype any time soon as it depends on factors out of our control. We are unable to support Skype due to our inability to connect to their servers. For several days, users who attempted to log in to Skype through imo were greeted with error messages, and imo has finally posted the following message on its front page: You will need Skype installed already.In the wake of news that Skype will soon be available on, it looks as if Microsoft’s IM and video chat service has pulled support for web-based imo. Uninstalling, power cycling my Chromebook and then reinstalling also did not help.

Uninstalling and reinstalling did not fix the issue. Skype not only crashed, but when I re-launched it, every time I tried to connect to a video or audio call, it would crash.

I found this out the hard way when I was using my Chromebook + Skype for a podcast appearance, and right before I went live I made the mistake of switching away from full screen. Skype runs pretty well on my Acer Chromebook 14, but can get a little flaky if I switch between windowed and full screen mode. If you’re using a Chromebook that has official Google Play Store / Android app support (a list of devices can be found here), one of the apps you may have been eager to use is Skype.

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