Why should a video app be required for N of M situations? Just do one app that works well.
Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
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Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#32Sounds like Duo has a simple user experience, which is great. But it doesn't solve the eye-contact problem with video calls today. When you look at the person on the screen whom you're talking to, that person sees you looking away, because you're not looking into the camera, which is somewhere on the edge of the screen. So you don't make eye contact with the person you're talking to. And for me, that makes video call…
Great point. Would be nice if we could integrate the lens into the display. :)
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#33Is anyone able to download this? I am trying to download this on iOS, the App Store is giving me the message "this application is not available to download the in the US Store"
strange!
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#34Is anyone able to download this? I am trying to download this on iOS, the App Store is giving me the message "this application is not available to download the in the US Store" strange!
"We’re beginning to roll out Duo for Android and iOS today, and it will be live worldwide in the next few days"
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#35aaaaaaand it's not on the App Store
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#36aaaaaaand it's not on the App Store
It's mentioned in the blog that it's going to be rolled out slowly over the next few days.
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#37I know these will be preinstalled on Android, but many friends and family use iOS and I will feel silly asking them to install Duo and Allo. Hangouts is able to mix voice, video and text just fine. Why start requiring separate apps? This is Google at its dumbest. They are squandering the small amount of momentum Hangouts has.
Ignoring that I probably won't use this (no fan of of that company), if it doesn't require a weird setup it might be more accessible than Hangouts.
At least last time I checked Hangouts required you to join G+ first? Is that still the case?
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#38Sounds like Duo has a simple user experience, which is great. But it doesn't solve the eye-contact problem with video calls today. When you look at the person on the screen whom you're talking to, that person sees you looking away, because you're not looking into the camera, which is somewhere on the edge of the screen. So you don't make eye contact with the person you're talking to. And for me, that makes video call…
Yup. Can't get over the feeling of looking down at the person you are talking to. If you look at the camera, you can't look at the person :(
Just need 4 front facing cameras
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#39Sounds like Duo has a simple user experience, which is great. But it doesn't solve the eye-contact problem with video calls today. When you look at the person on the screen whom you're talking to, that person sees you looking away, because you're not looking into the camera, which is somewhere on the edge of the screen. So you don't make eye contact with the person you're talking to. And for me, that makes video call…
Can't they just put a camera behind the screen? Been waiting for this for over a decade
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#40It sounds like they're just trying to replace Facetime. I know my parent adore Facetime but they don't know all about this email stuff. They just know they want to call me.