We all love something for nothing. With Skype’s free software – by the way, it works seamlessly with your internet connection – you can chat away with free Skype-to-Skype calls and never worry about cost, time or distance. Share the love and get your friends to download Skype so you can talk, chat or make video calls for nothing. You can also make local, long distance and international calls to phones and cell phones at great rates too.
Getting started is simple
There are many ways Skype can help you connect.
Finding people
Adding friends and family to your contact list is simple – search, select, add.
Guide to adding contacts
Making a call is easy
Simply select the Call Phones tab, enter a number and hit the green button.
Guide to making calls
Free video calls
See who you’re talking to for free. And check out our new High Quality Video feature.
Guide to setting up video
Great call quality
Get superior sound quality with a headset. Many models to choose from.
Get the right headset for you
So, what else can you do?
Skype is jam-packed with great features to help you stay in touch with friends, family and co-workers, share your thoughts and views and find the information you need. You can use it on your computer and on both WiFi and cordless phones.
Just for starters you can instant message with anyone on your contact list or even use group chat to chat with up to a hundred people. You could hold a conference call with up to nine other people to organise a get-together and then use SkypeFind™ to search for the perfect venue to hold it.
There are also really cool video features. All you need is a webcam to make free video calls or even take photos of yourself to personalise Skype.
Finding friends
If you use Microsoft Outlook®, Outlook Express®, GMail™, Hotmail® or your mail account with Yahoo! then it’s a simple task to import contacts and get them all onto your Skype. If they don’t have Skype yet you can send them invite to download it – then you can talk for free (and maybe you’ll even get a nice bouquet of flowers and a chocolate bar from them to say thanks for getting them onto Skype? We’d like to think that’s in order).
Got friends on MySpace? Get them to download Skype or MySpaceIM with Skype. Then add them to your Skype contact list and you’ve got even more people to talk to for free. Simply search for them in Skype and click the MySpaceIM tab in the search results.
Adding someone to your contact list is easy. But you can also add people who are not yet on Skype and call them on their phones and mobiles at pretty cheap rates wherever they are.
Also, if your Microsoft Outlook® contacts have phone numbers, you can have them show up on your contact list so you can call them. You’ll need Skype Credit or a monthly subscription to make calls to phones and mobiles.
Pay As You Go
Use it as you need it.
Add money to your account and start calling.
Call locally, nationally or internationally.
Pay Monthly
Unlimited calls* to a country or region.
Any time of the day, any day of the week.
No long term contract needed.
* Fair usage policy applies.
