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.. or is it because its two teams at google ?
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And it let's the caller see what you're doing before they call. Brilliant! Of course, people like Zuckerberg can't use this feature because they cover up the camera lens on their laptops with tape.
No, it lets the recipient of the call see the caller, so they can choose to answer or not. It does not let the caller see who they are calling before they answer. Also the tape on your laptop won't matter since it is phone only for now.
"... since it is phone only for now."
For now?
Yikes.
Guess i'm in the minority of users here who loves this app and really wanted a facetime like thing on Android. Hangouts work, but it's heavy and not a good experience overall. And facetime is ios only, so Duo will definitely bridge this gap. I read on a Verge's article that Google wants to make Hangouts enterprise focussed by integrating more into the Google apps and keep Allo/Duo as the consumer focused communicatio…
As a Project Fi user, I will very much miss the ability to seamlessly carry on SMS conversations from Hangouts on all of my devices. I really hope that functionality is added to Allo.
I don't have a number on my Pad...there is not even a Sim in there. Why can't it be just their damn Google account?! I dont even want to give my phone number to them and when I'm in a foreign country i don't want them to easy Switch between WiFi and the super expensive Roaming just because I went in the wrong corner of the Hotel room...
The device you activate Duo on doesn't need a sim. Just put in your phone's number and you can activate when it comes through.
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As a Project Fi user, I will very much miss the ability to seamlessly carry on SMS conversations from Hangouts on all of my devices. I really hope that functionality is added to Allo.
Have you tried pushbullet? I use it for texting from my desktop and it works quite well. I'm not affiliated with them, just a happy user. https://www.pushbullet.com/
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Google culture is hiring the smartest or most motivated college grads, paying them to babysit legacy money printing systems built by the generation before them, then occasionally encouraging them to team up and clone popular services from other companies and startups. The clones get passed around the campus for dogfooding until enough interest builds up and the project goes up the chain of command until a VP (at the…
Spot on, which is the opposite of Apple (under Jobs)
There was a separation of business and content creators but since they don't rely on advertising to pay the bills the content creators got more freedom and resources to play with than a traditional newspaper firm.
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Google culture is hiring the smartest or most motivated college grads, paying them to babysit legacy money printing systems built by the generation before them, then occasionally encouraging them to team up and clone popular services from other companies and startups. The clones get passed around the campus for dogfooding until enough interest builds up and the project goes up the chain of command until a VP (at the…
It's an unfortunate situation for Google product engineers. It's basically a competition. It has some benefit and has some really big downside. If my reference is correct, usually there are more than one team building the same product (e.g. Google Plus).