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Google merging Duo and Meet into one videoconferencing platform

Google currently has two videoconferencing solutions in its stable – Duo and Meet. Or rather it did, as the former is being folded into the latter to form one unified offering named Google Meet.

The tech giant confirmed the news this week, noting that many of the features that Duo users enjoyed will be making their way over to the Meet platform, which has proved the more popular of the two offerings since the beginning of the pandemic.

“In the coming weeks, we’re adding all the Google Meet features to the Duo app, so users can easily schedule a video meeting at a time that works for everyone or continue using video calling to instantly connect with a person or group. Later this year, we’ll rename the Duo app to Google Meet, our single video communications service across Google that is available to everyone at no-cost,” the company explained in a blog post.

The company adds that admins for Google Workplace accounts leveraging Duo will be notified via email regarding any necessary changes, but also detailed some of what will be available on the mobile app.

  • “Schedule meetings so everyone can join at a time that’s convenient for them
  • In-meeting chat for deeper engagement
  • Live share content to enable interaction with all participants on the call
  • Get real-time closed captions to better support accessibility and boost participation Increase size of video calls from a current limit of 32 to 100 participants
  • Integrate with other tools, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Assistant, Messages and more.”

As for who this upcoming change will effect, Google says that anyone with a personal Google account, Workspace account, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers have been included.

With Teams now on par with Zoom in terms of popular videoconferencing platforms for WFH tasks, it remains to be seen whether this change will prompt more people to utilise Meet down the line.

 

 

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