You can receive SMS text messages in Skype if you have a Skype Number, and have caller identification set up. Currently, only US Skype Numbers can receive SMS messages *. Two-way SMS text messaging is not supported in Skype on Android 4.0.4 – 5.1.
You’ll need Skype Credit to send text messages at really low rates. SMS text message rates vary by where the phone is that you’re texting. Try Skype for a month free and see how easy it is to send online texts. Plus, there are many ways to pay for Skype and they vary by country. You’ll love texting online with Skype.
Do text messages cost money on Skype?
Text messages also cost a fee. Skype instant messages between two users is a free service and cannot be sent to phones (unless they have the app!). You’ll need Skype Credit to send text messages at really low rates.
Does skype store messages?
You will be able to cloud- store your Skype messages from April 2017 onward. By doing so, Skype users are able to store their data indefinitely. Conversations can be taken off your PC at any time after being downloaded from the cloud without ever needing to be re-exported.
Of course, Skype will keep a local history of conversations by device. It is not known whether setting the device’s chat history storage option to “never” will prevent messages being stored in the cloud altogether ( after delivery of course).
No they don’t. Skype archives your chats for you and stores them locally on your computer, if you have enabled this option. Chat histories are not stored anywhere on the Skype network. In other words, no one else will ever be able to see any of your chat histories except you and the person you are chatting with.
Why can’t my friend reply to my text message from Skype?
I sent an SMS text message to my friend but they can’t reply. When you send an SMS text message from Skype, the recipient will see the first 11 characters of your Skype Name and they won’t be able to reply to your SMS text message. To resolve this, you need to change the sender ID so it displays your mobile number instead of your Skype Name .
How long do SKYPE Messages stay available?
*Messages, videos, video messages, and pictures are available until they are deleted or dated back to April 2017 and chat titles until deleted or users leave conversations. Join the conversation with other customers. Get answers to Skype questions.
But Skype doesn’t actually delete these messages in this case. To be exact, as long as you still have access to the Skype account on which you had the conversation and haven’t manually deleted your chat history, you can view and access your old messages in the ways below.