Skype 8 comes with performance and usability improvements. It’s based on community feedback —adding new features while ensuring it’s simple to use with the same familiar interface of Skype version 7.0. Both Skype 8 and Microsoft Teams have similar icons because Teams is the successor of Skype for Business.

Skype has a global community of hundreds of millions users. And Skype 8 which is available for all devices from Mac OS, Windows 10, XBox, Apple Watch to Android is aiming for new ways to enhance the experience, improve quality and reliability, and connect people from any device with the new UI. https://www.skype.com/en/upgrade-skype/