Have they announced when it will be discontinued?
Actually, the next step is to announce their new video chat app that will replace Duo. Once they've done that, they will announce the end-date for Duo.
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
#332Earlier quoted context omitted.
> providing a more integrated experienced typically brings a better user experience Has it really? One of the reasons I originally signed onto the google ecosystem, was that they had their services split. My youtube was separate from gchat, which was separate from gmail. Now I don't use almost any google products, because I don't want everything linked back to one account. Whenever they do this, google half-asses the…
> Has it really? Absolutely and without a question. You will find exceptions here and there where the integration was done poorly or ultimately didn't make sense but the idea around providing integrated experiences is eliminating friction. Smart phones are fast but switching from one application to another is incredibly slow . Yes it's easy and yes you can download special launchers to slightly improve this but the f…
If all your focusing on is UI, than yeah, sure, I guess. I think things are more complicated than that though.
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#333Earlier quoted context omitted.
My daughter uses facetime every evening talking to one or another of her girlfriends from high school. I think certain demographics will be more inclined to use it than others.
So in essence this is an attempt to be a facetime competitor?
Facetime/Facebook video chat/et. al. Granted it has some limitations that would prevent it from, at least initially, being a full competitor. I suspect that over time Google will flesh out it's features with either a web version, or dedicated apps for other platforms. Right now I think they are at the minimal viable product stage.
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#334Earlier quoted context omitted.
My guess is Duo will be like Inbox competing with gmail. I am guessing here but I think Google is on to something around innovation. They are launching innovative future facing apps without the constraints of legacy systems. They will use this approach to figure out which features work and back port them into their legacy apps. Not a bad approach if it works.
But this requires you and all your friends to sign up to yet another system, with yet another account. "Try this app, at has some features that may or may not make it into Hangouts" is not a great sell for my friends.
I think the point of Duo isn't to require a signup. Your phone number is the only thing required which lowers the barrier.
You still have to download it of course..
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#335I think it's uncool for Dug and team that google decided to name this the same thing as their product. But, the big dog will always eat your food first.
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#336Earlier quoted context omitted.
But this requires you and all your friends to sign up to yet another system, with yet another account. "Try this app, at has some features that may or may not make it into Hangouts" is not a great sell for my friends.
I think the point of Duo isn't to require a signup. Your phone number is the only thing required which lowers the barrier. You still have to download it of course..
It's basically competition to WhatsApp, several years late. WhatsApp solved the messaging for masses, non-technical folks, parents and grandparents. Which is why its so popular.
my entire family and friends circle runs on WhatsApp. Photo sharing, video sharing, voice calls, video calls ... anything you can think of. And it does a good job, really good job. I have never interacted with WhatsApp and felt frustrated or lost.
The lack of desktop interface didnt feel like losing something becasue it was never there to start with.
given Google's history, I don't trust them to do a decent UI that works for everyone or the longevity.
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#337Terrible name there is already a popular security auth app called Duo with a similarly named mobile app. https://duo.com/
This is likely trademark infringement because they are both on the app store and it is easy to confuse the two apps and they are both the top 2 apps now on the play store
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
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I thought Google already has a product that does video calls across iOS and Android... Hangouts. I don't understand why they are doing this independently of a product they already have.
No one understands anything at all to do with Google's strategy on Hangouts. Certainly no one working at Google does.
Agree.
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Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#339Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the point of Duo isn't to require a signup. Your phone number is the only thing required which lowers the barrier. You still have to download it of course..
It's basically competition to WhatsApp, several years late. WhatsApp solved the messaging for masses, non-technical folks, parents and grandparents. Which is why its so popular. my entire family and friends circle runs on WhatsApp. Photo sharing, video sharing, voice calls, video calls ... anything you can think of. And it does a good job, really good job. I have never interacted with WhatsApp and felt frustrated or…
You could also say that Google search was a few years too late because Yahoo! already solved that problem. Obviously they think they can do it better and have the resources to test that
Re: Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app
#340Why is Google launching multiple apps with similar functionalities? They already had Hangouts, they recently launched a group sharing app "Spaces". And now a new video calling app "Duo". They also have an app "Allo" which is another chatting platform. I am not complaining or anything, I am just curious about what are they planning to do with their old apps? i.e. Hangouts?
AndroidPolice has an article today[1] that Hangouts has failed as an all-in-one messaging platform. They're going to focus it in on the enterprise - where usage is much more prevalent, apparently - whatever that means. Hangouts is likely to become a Google Apps Slack competitor, I guess. [1]: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/08/16/google-planning-focu...
Oh, finally they want to compete with Slack.
Google Talk group chat features were released in 2007.