Skype down - Microsoft video chat app and messenger not working for thousands

The popular video chat app appears to be experiencing a serious outage across the UK and Europe, users have claimed.

Although the full scale of the blackout is not yet known, thousands have reported a problem connecting to the service since 10:00 BST.

The latest outage comes hours after a blackout hit the service last night, Express.co.uk reports.

Microsoft addressed the latter on its official Skype blog, telling its users that it was “aware of an incident where users will either lose connectivity to the application and may be unable to send or receive messages.

“Some users will be unable to see a black bar that indicates them that a group call is ongoing, and longer delays in adding users to their buddy list.”

Some Skype users were still experiencing the issues this morning, Microsoft acknowledged.

However that number appears to have spiralled in the last few minutes.

Independent website DownDetector monitors mentions around a certain topic across social media sites to track outages and problems with online services.

DownDetector shows thousands of users reporting problems within the last hour.

The data aggregator claims almost half of all reported issues with Skype at the moment are from users having trouble logging into the service.