Knock, knock, Google's video chatting app has arrived.
The app, dubbed
Duo, represents Google's response to other popular video calling
options, including Apple's FaceTime, Microsoft's Skype and Facebook's
Messenger app.
Duo isn't much different from the other video
chatting services, except that it gives a glimpse at who is making the
call, helping the recipient decide whether to answer. Google calls this
feature, "Knock, knock."
The new app, announced in May, is being
released Tuesday as a free service for phones running on Google's
Android operating system as well as Apple's iPhones.
Like FaceTime
for iPhones, Duo only requires a person's phone number to connect. Many
other services require both participants to have account logins to use
their video calling options.
Google has been offering video
calling through its Hangout feature for several years, but the Internet
company is now tailoring that service for business meetings.
Duo is being billed as a simpler, more reliable way to see friends and family as you talk to them.
It
is the first of two new mobile apps that Google, owned by Alphabet
Inc., has planned for this summer. The Mountain View, California,
company also is preparing to unveil a new messaging app called Allo
featuring a robotic assistant that will suggest automated responses to
texts.
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