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Eric Willis

Google Duo - One-to-one video calling. Google's FaceTime competitor.

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Nic Coates
At least Duo is available for both Android and iOS, unlike Facetime. Smart move by Google.
Mohit
@gadgick Though Knock Konck feature doesn't work well on iOS. iSad !
Joe Rago
What is the use case / value proposition for Duo as opposed to Hangouts?
Gail Gardner
@joerago Google is killing off hangouts. http://venturebeat.com/2016/08/1...
Ouriel Ohayon
why didn't they build this in Google hangout?
Mohit
@ourielohayon Because they wanted to make it more simple and don't want to confuse people with Hangout branding. I think this is a good move
Laurent Raufaste
@mohitify @ourielohayon "and don't want to confuse people" Because adding another application to do the same thing is not confusing...
Ruurd Pels
What? No desktop app version either? Not available in the Dutch appstore? Great show Google.
G G
No tablet support nor computer, let's ignore it and hopefully Google will try again. Also only being tied to one device in 2016, heck even FaceTime is better.
Simon Bromberg
I don't get what the big deal is. The app itself is nothing to write home about. Just video chat with barely any interface. Almost feels like they released it before it was finished. There are literally hundreds of other apps that have done this for years, including Google Hangouts. And it doesn't really make sense to call it a FaceTime competitor. FaceTime is integrated into iOS. Maybe this is integrated into Android but it certainly isn't integrated into iOS. Are people just upvoting this because it's Google?
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Stas Kulesh
Such a shame, not everyone can enjoy this. http://take.ms/zlp0f
Matt Hamlin
I see a lot of people commenting on the death of hangouts/hangouts on air but if you look at it Google is trying to attack the market in two out of three areas, first is hangouts which they want to position to be an enterprise platform for companies. Second is Allo and Duo which is targeted at individuals. The third market would then be basic messaging and communication (SMS/MMS/phone calls) which seems to me that they want to leave to carriers as they have let Google Voice fade away and integrated it with Google Fi. Seems like Google doesn't want to try and tackle those three prongs all with one platform prevent two platforms, and that makes sense and seems like a great idea.
Chuck Kahn
"not currently available in the Canadian Store." :(
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