Skype is not pre-installed in the leaked version of Windows 11 and the Meet Now function disappears: perhaps Teams will be its replacement

Tomorrow should be the day Windows 11 is announced or at least that's what we all hope. With a leaked build and Microsoft claims giving packaging to the leak, our colleagues at Genbeta have already been able to install it. A compilation in which apparently there is no trace of Skype or the function Meet Now.

Talking about Skype is talking about a classic Microsoft tool to facilitate communication between users. An application that has seen how other alternatives have ended up gaining popularity, options among which is Teams, another Microsoft development that could end up occupying the space left by Skype in Windows 11

Skype Teams?

As reported by Windows Latest, the released version of Windows 11 does not come with the Skype app pre-installed. And although this app can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store without problem, it is still an eye-catching sign.

The truth is that this version of Windows 11 that we know is very similar to Windows 10 and in fact it may end up offering differences with the one that will be presented tomorrow . This does not mean that this absence is not at least curious.

Microsoft has been betting on Skype for years and even in the past 2020 we saw how it launched the Meet Now function, an access A shortcut on the taskbar that lets you create and attend Skype video calls right from your desktop.

No sign of Meet Now

And in the filtered version there is no trace of Meet Now either, which added to the non-presence of Skype suggests that maybe Microsoft will end up opting for Teamsas an application to make calls and video calls.

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Signs suggest that Teams may be the heir to Skype and Windows 11 would even have a kind of shortcut to a function similar to Meet Now>A function that would be called Meet & Chatand would make it easier for users to access their Teams conversations and online meetings."

For now it is not clear what Windows 11 can bring us. A version that, everything points to, will follow the rhythm of two annual updates and should arrive in test form in the summer to have a general release at the end of the year.

Via | Windows Latest