Google launches Duo video-calling app

By Rida - 16 Aug '16 08:57AM
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It's time for Apple Corporation to bent-in to look up for new feature to cope up the rivalry app released by GOOGLE.

Google Duo, a video calling app which enables end to end video calling with Knock-knock features which enables people to live connect even at low networks.

Google has enabled its new video calling app not only for Android but for iOS as well to enhance Google's capabilities in Apple devices.

According to PCWORLD "We challenged ourselves to develop a video calling experience that could feel magical every time for everyone," Erik Kay, an engineering director at Google, said at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View.

Duo performs well even at low networks, its encrypted based on mobile numbers. The app keeps checking the best network either by cellular or wifi connections and gets into it to provide the awesome calling capabilities.

An app has Knock-Knock feature in it, which not only enables video calling but gives an idea who is calling and purpose of call. A live video stream is enabled, prior to actual call initiation. This feature makes the video calling more enjoyable and fun.

The app appears to look like a live contact page, where people are interested in peeping into the life of others.

According to Venturebeat,com, Duo is mobile-only, was built to be very fast thanks to Web Real-Time Communication, and "takes the complexity out of video calling," according to principal software engineer Justin Uberti. Duo promises fewer dropped calls, and even supports handing off calls to and from Wi-Fi and cellular connections.

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