![]() Of the combined Google video calling team, the overwhelming majority today work on Meet and enterprise features. We previously reported that end-to-end encryption was also discussed as a Duo feature for Meet. In fact, the extent of making Google Meet more consumer friendly would primarily be adding Duo’s ability to call users via phone number, and not just by email or link. Specifically, there was no longer a desire to build a video calling app that excels equally at both consumer and enterprise use cases, in a stark change from the best of/merger plan provided a few months earlier. That direction changed in late 2020 when Duo/Meet leadership communicated internally that the consolidated team was no longer focusing on consumer video calling, and that it was full steam ahead on Meet as primarily an enterprise product. Even then, sources at the time said the new direction and reduced interest in building a dedicated consumer service came as a surprise to the Duo team. That team operated for most of last year under the belief that Duo and Meet would merge, thus resulting in a product that had the best of both services. Internally, it was originally billed as a merger, with the codename “Duet” - a portmanteau of Duo and Me et. This decision followed the creation of a “ unified team” three months earlier to work on both consumer and enterprise communication apps. Our August 2020 report revealed that Google wanted to have a single video calling service for both regular/personal and business users. That remains the case, but the resulting product will be primarily focused on enterprise and is no longer internally pitched to be a merger of the two apps, as Google has no plans to create a dedicated consumer-oriented video offering. Conversation history, contacts, and messages remain.We broke the news last year that Google was eventually going to replace Duo by making Meet its only video calling service. ![]() Google Duo users are also reassured that, "video calling capabilities are still available in the updated Duo app on mobile devices at no cost. Users only need to be signed in with a Google account in order to try the new version of Meet and enjoy all its features, as accounts set up with only a phone number won't be able to use meetings.Īll Duo user conversation history, contacts, and messages will continue to be saved in the app, Google added, and there will be no new app to download or extra costs to pay. The Google Duo app listing still remains on the Play Store and iOS App Store for now, so users can download and install in the usual fashion. The Google Duo web app also remains with its original branding for now, but Google has also said this will redirect to the Google Meet page within the next few weeks.įor those users that have already updated (including TechRadar Pro) this has led to a strange in-between setting where we now have two apps, both entitled "Google Meet (originally Duo)" on our devices - something the company will hopefully amend soon. ![]() > Google Meet just fixed one of the worst problems with video conferencing (opens in new tab) > How to record a Google Meet meeting (opens in new tab) Google Meet aims to tear down the language barrier (opens in new tab) ![]()
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