Making Duo more like Google Meet and Zoom
Google’s Duo video calling platform now has invite links on mobile, making it even more of a viable competitor to Zoom and other videoconferencing apps, according to Android Police.
Unlike Google Meet, the company’s more fully-featured platform designed for businesses, Duo is a more mobile-friendly and consumer-focused app. Yet given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever before are using video conferencing for casual hangouts at scales much larger than your standard video call. That’s led Google to plan and launch more robust features to all of its various chat apps, Duo included.
The app recently gained a bump in call quality thanks to Google supporting the new AV1 codec, and Duo also now supports up to 12 people on a call. Google also made Meet calls available for free to consumers at the end of April in the event you need a more powerful, web-based option for videoconferencing on desktop or a laptop (though in the future, your meetings may be restricted to 60 minutes).
The invite links were first announced last month as part of a broader feature roll out that including planned web support, which is still on the way, and an already-live family mode for onscreen doodling and Snapchat-style masks effects. The invite links were said to be coming soon, and we can confirm they’re now active even in older versions of the app thanks to a server-side update on Google’s end.
Check for more detail:- https://www.theverge.comGoogle Duo now allows users to join video call with a link
Google Duo gets a new feature that will make inviting other members to a group video call much easier
The user will just have to add one person to the group call to access the link
The new update is currently available to users on Google Duo mobile app
Google Duo has launched a new feature for its mobile app users. The new feature will allow video call hosts to invite other members by just sending them a link. The user will just have to add one person to the group call to access the link.
A report by Android Authority claims that Google has started rolling out this new feature to its mobile app users. The app with version 89 and 91 have been getting a server side update which would allow users to access this new feature without having to update the app to a newer version. The app with either of the two versions will be updated automatically. The report claims the new update is currently available to users on Google Duo mobile app.
In order to make use of this new feature, the users will first need to add at least one person in the app. On adding a person, the users will see a link at the center of the screen. They can then go on to click on the copy icon. Users will then be able to send the link to any person over other platforms as well.
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