After appearing in Outlook.com in 2013, Skype is getting the full HTML treatment with the new Skype for Web beta. That’s right: Skype is becoming a standalone web app! But don’t throw out your Windows desktop just yet, Chromebook fans.

Before we get too excited, Skype says the new beta web app will be rolling out very slowly to a small number of existing and new users, with a worldwide happening sometime in the coming months. To see if it’s available for you, log in to your account on Skype.com and see if you’ve got an invite.

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Skype for Web beta.

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