On 21 December 2015, Gurdeep Singh Pall, Corporate Vice President of Skype, announced that Microsoft acquired the technology from Talko, "maker of an innovative mobile app for on-the-go business communications (...) Together, the new technology and talent will help us deliver great new features and capabilities in both Skype and Skype for Business." In January 2016, Skype announced it would roll out free group video calling to users on mobile devices, including i OS and Android.

Skype's text chat client allows group chats, emoticons, storing chat history, and editing of previous messages.There are two user interfaces – organizations can switch their users from the default Skype for Business interface to the Lync interface.