

Google’s Support page details the transition of Google Duo to Meet, which will include all the features that Meet users benefit from like 100-person video calls and enhanced video calling with live closed captions and virtual backgrounds.
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Google Meet is Google’s video conferencing platform that was integrated with Google Calendar and Gmail, and it rose in popularity amidst the spike in demand for conferencing apps during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Set up Google Duo iPhone & iPad Android Computer Step 1: Install Duo Duo is available on iPhones and iPads. Google Duo was Google’s simple video calling app for smartphones or desktop that would rival with FaceTime when it launched alongside Allo in 2016 and Meet wouldn’t launch until just a few months later in 2017. From version Google Meet (formerly Google Duo) 130437. If a user schedules a new Meet through the desktop website, the meeting will show under a new “Meetings” section of the app that will also list any other scheduled events from the calendar. Google has unveiled Lyra, a new technology that allows Duo, and soon other apps, to offer natural-sounding voice chat with as little as 3 kilobytes per second of network bandwidth. They also note that blocked users on Duo won’t transfer over to Meet. A new pop-up message shows updated privacy terms, namely the switch from using end-to-end encryption to cloud encryption, which Google says allows for more features like chat and live-caption. You can also “Schedule in Google Calendar” to set up calls for later. The updated app shows that “Duo is getting even better” and the main action button has changed from “New Call” to “New”. Your Duo app will become Meet, with a new name and icon, and more features like background effects 9to5Google has some screenshots showing the start of the transition with the latest version 121665. To get started, open Duet on your device and the free Duet desktop app will automatically detect your device that you can click to connect, and transform it into a high performance touchscreen display. Last month, Google announced that its two video calling products Duo and Meet would merge together into a single video calling platform called “Google Meet”.Ī small number of users are starting to see this merger take place with the latest version of the Google Duo app on Android.
