

All your efforts – more than 50 pages – were binned at the end of June, along with “all the work-arounds for a Skype on TV app were discussed in great detail,” according to a Microsoft forum moderator.Īlthough many of us grew up with a science-fiction vision of families video-chatting via their TV sets – what could be more obvious? – it hasn’t worked out that way. These disappeared after the forum moved from to. Skype disabled this feature on smart TVs about a year ago, and there were lots of complaints on its online forum. Putting Skype into smart TV sets was a boon to families, especially for elderly, disabled or non-technical users who found a TV remote much easier to handle than a PC, tablet or smartphone. Is there an alternative that will allow us to video call using our TV? Shamit This was an extremely useful feature as I could talk to my parents in the UK while having my family in the shot, and importantly, without needing to pass a laptop or mobile phone around so that toddlers could speak to their grandparents. Skype has discontinued support for smart TVs.
