Google Duo

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Google Duo video calling app will be released today on Android & iOS.

 

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When you sign up, the app checks your phone number from your SIM and then sends you a confirmation text. That's the whole setup process — there are no accounts to create nor friend lists to maintain. It's tied directly to your contacts list and your phone number.

 

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There is one feature in Duo that feels genuinely new: it's called "Knock Knock." When you receive a call on Android (it doesn't work on the iPhone), your entire screen starts showing the live video from your caller before you even answer. It lets you see who's calling — and lets the caller make funny faces to try to entice you to answer.

 

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For those worried about people hijacking their screen with a video feed while they're at dinner or a meeting, a few notes to ease your mind. First, Knock Knock only works with people you already have saved in your contacts — so random people won't show up. Second, you can block a caller if you like — but take note that since Duo doesn't have its own independent friends list, blocking a caller on Duo blocks them everywhere. Last, you can turn the feature off entirely if you don't like it.

 

 

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/16/12474996/google-duo-review-video-chat-app-launch

[MaxBunny]

Looks like it's only for social, happy people with high end non-3g phones that are capable of running live video feed without buffering every .0001 seconds. (/(ಠ︵ಠ)\)

[Belgarathian]

I don't think having a friend in your contacts would save you - I have friends that would happily call me with their balls out while I'm having a family dinner if it mean't that I got into trouble. 

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So...... Everyone's gonna forget that this app exists by the end of the month right?

[rattacko123]

39 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

Looks like it's only for social, happy people with high end non-3g phones that are capable of running live video feed without buffering every .0001 seconds. (/(ಠ︵ಠ)\)

only for people in korea with their 1 gigabit cellular speeds. 3g ftw, I have never needed 4g once (except for watching a video, but I usually have wifi for that), 3g is more than enough for social media and linustechtips.com

[elfensky]

1 hour ago, MaxBunny said:

Looks like it's only for social, happy people with high end non-3g phones that are capable of running live video feed without buffering every .0001 seconds. (/(ಠ︵ಠ)\)

 

It depends on where you live I suppose. I get good enough speeds to stream youtube, and my upload should be enough to send over 720@30fps. I get around 20/5 on 3G here, sometimes up to 50/10 depending on location, time of day and how crowded it is. 

[Tech_Dreamer]

Tooo shady??

[qwertywarrior]

too bad its forced to use UDP - not gonna work in my country over 3g 4g

 

just normal webrtc works here

[laminutederire]

4 hours ago, MaxBunny said:

Looks like it's only for social, happy people with high end non-3g phones that are capable of running live video feed without buffering every .0001 seconds. (/(ಠ︵ಠ)\)

They kinda need that to sell their new nougat nexus

[dmegatool]

I guess it's not only tied to the phone number. I mean, what do you do on your wifi tablet ? Hope you can signup using your phone and then it's working with your email... 

 

It's kinda cool to have something like Facetime but that work across iOS and Android. Seriously what do you guys use when you need to video chat with relatives ? Skype ? At the moment, the easiest option for me is to use Facebook Messenger, which isn't always great. 

[themctipers]

not everybody has unlimited data

 

wait.. google fi

 

ooooooh.

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17 hours ago, dmegatool said:

I guess it's not only tied to the phone number. I mean, what do you do on your wifi tablet ? Hope you can signup using your phone and then it's working with your email...

For now it's mobiles only. If you want an account based app with more features try Google Hangouts.

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Soon Google Duo will support audio only calls.

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