Skype Redesign Ditches Snapchat-Like Highlights Feature to Focus on ‘Simplicity’

Microsoft is to simplify the user experience of its Skype mobile and desktop apps, with the aim of returning the platform’s focus to core services like calling and messaging. In announcing the decision in a blog post, Microsoft acknowledged that the Snapchat-style redesign it introduced last year “didn’t resonate with a majority of users” and had “overcomplicated” the platform, and said it hoped