

Indeed, I’ve even seen a “device not supported” message as well while trying to regain access to the Skype web client.įear not, Chromebook owners. Skype for Web is not supported on mobile phones or tablets. Note: Users on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 may be able to sign in but may not receive the full experience of Skype for Web. We recommend that you be on Windows 10 or Mac OSX 10.12 or higher to use Skype for Web. The company’s support page suggests this by saying:

Why is that? Very likely because Microsoft isn’t just checking your browser but also you computer hardware. Safari and Firefox users need not apply.Īlthough Chrome is supported, if you try to use Skype for Web on a Chrome OS device, you’ll likely see the dreaded “browser not supported” message. Essentially, you can only use the web client of Skype in either the Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browsers now. Last week, Microsoft debuted an updated Skype for Web service with far more restrictions that it previously had.
