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Tech: Google launches Duo to take on Apple’s FaceTime, Skype
- Updated: August 16, 2016
New Delhi: Tech hulk Google has launched a video job app, Google Duo, for Android and iOS users, that will contest with apps like FaceTime and Skype.
Please acquire #GoogleDuo for Android and iOS.
Details on a blog — https://t.co/Cjowdn7MhT pic.twitter.com/DI4IxzVKPZ— Google India (@GoogleIndia) Aug 16, 2016
The video job app, that was initial announced by Google 3 months ago during a I/O developer conference, aims to take a “complexity out of video calling”.
“Video job is a subsequent best thing to being with someone in person. We have designed a interface to be simple, easy and welcoming. In places like India, it has been designed to adjust to a network connectivity conditions. We wish to make a knowledge of video job some-more personal, mouth-watering easy and smooth,” Google Group Product Manager Amit Fulay pronounced in a statement.
The rollout of Duo for Android and iOS starts today, and it will be live worldwide in a subsequent few days. To safeguard remoteness and security, all Duo calls are end-to-end encrypted. Duo allows users to bond regulating their phone series but a apart username/account.
Google has introduced a new underline ‘Knock Knock’ that allows people to see live video of a tourist before they answer, assisting users bond with a chairman even before they even collect up.
“Duo has been built to be quick and reliable, so that video calls bond fast and work good even on slower networks.
Call peculiarity adjusts to changing network conditions to keep we connected when bandwidth is limited, Duo will gracefully revoke a fortitude to keep a call going smoothly,” Google said.
For video calls on a go, Duo can switch between Wi-Fi and mobile information automatically but dropping a call.
A messaging app called “Allo”, that is a messenger app to Duo, includes “Smart Reply” that suggests responses to messages formed on context and comes with fun ways to make your chats some-more expressive, including emojis, stickers and a ability to get artistic with photos. (Read more)
- With inputs from agencies