• Skype is has achieved massive popularity, it has millions of active users and dedicated clients for all platforms.
• This service is also available as a web app, and in today’s article, we’ll show you how to use it in your web browser.
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Skype is a popular messaging service, and it’s available on all platforms, both desktop, and mobile. However, did you know that you can use Skype in your browser as well?

That’s right, you can access Skype and all of its features right from your web browser, and in today’s article, we’ll show you how to do it.

How do I use Skype in a web browser?

1. Use Firefox or Opera

Opera

Right-click anywhere on the page and choose Inspect element. Alternatively, press Ctrl + Shift + I.

Now click the Menu button and choose More tools > Network conditions.

At the bottom, the Network conditions tab will appear. Uncheck Select automatically option and set the user agent to Chrome – Windows or Edge – Windows.

For the best performance in Skype for Web, we suggest that you use Opera. This browser has a built-in adblocker that will remove all ads and speed up the webpage loading time.

Thanks to its low hardware requirements, Opera will be perfect in handling services such as Skype. Last but not least, a pop-out video player in Opera can come in handy for video calls while multitasking.

More so, you can enhance Opera with extensions like the Skype Messenger extension.

Opera

Skype with your friends and family in this fast browser and enhance your experience using the various extensions available.

Firefox:

2. Use Chrome or Microsoft Edge

Before you can use Skype in your browser, you need to make sure that you have a Skype account. To create a Skype account, do the following:

Go to Skype’s website and click the Sign in button in the top right corner.

To use Skype in your web browser, you just need to do the following:

Go to Skype’s website and choose Sign in > Use Skype Online.

Enter your login credentials.

It’s important to mention that Skype for Web is available only in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome. However, there’s a little trick that you can use to access Skype even on browsers that aren’t fully supported.

Using Skype in your web browser isn’t that hard, as long as you have the proper browser for this task.

Are you using Skype in web browser or do you prefer using the standalone client? Let us know in the comments below.

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