Google Launches Duo, a Direct Bite of FaceTime
Knock, knock, Googles video chatting app has arrived.
The app, dubbed Duo, represents Googles response to other popular video calling options, including Apples FaceTime, Microsofts Skype and Facebooks Messenger app.
Duo isnt much different from the other video chatting services, except that it gives a glimpse at who is making the call, helping the recipient decide whether to answer. Google calls this feature, Knock, knock.
The new app, announced in May, is being released Tuesday as a free service for phones running on Googles Android operating system as well as Apples iPhones.
Like FaceTime for iPhones, Duo only requires a persons phone number to connect. Many other services require both participants to have account logins to use their video calling options.
Google has been offering video calling through its Hangout feature for several years, but the internet company is now tailoring that service for business meetings.
Duo is being billed as a simpler, more reliable way to see friends and family as you talk to them.
It is the first of two new mobile apps that Google, owned by Alphabet Inc., has planned for this summer. The Mountain View, California, company also is preparing to unveil a new messaging app called Allo featuring a robotic assistant that will suggest automated responses to texts.
(AP)
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