Skype Heartbeat: Based on recent Skype customer community posts and our own investigation over the past couple of days, we have identified a bug that we are working hard to fix.
It's still limited in scope
New update lets you have a video call without having a Skype account. You can start a chat through a link and can use it at any time as it does not expire.
With the sudden upswing of video conferencing needs due to working from home, Microsoft has decided to add a new feature to Skype.
This is really bad, to be honest.
I don't update. I wait a while. This is why.