Google announces merger of Meet and Duo

Washington (US), June 2: Google has announced that it will soon integrate Meet and Duo.

According to GSM Arena, Google will begin integrating all Meet features into the Duo app "in the coming weeks." The Duo app will subsequently be renamed Google Meet "later this year," with Meet being the company's sole video communications service.

The repeated launching, shelving, re-launching, re-branding, re-shelving, re-resurrecting, and merging of Google's several messaging-related apps have become so well-known over the years that it's almost become a meme.

Duo will keep all of its current video calling features, and if you're a Duo user, your chat history, contacts, and messages will be secure because there will be no need to download another app.

Also Read | Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann calls on Sidhu Moosewala's family at Mansa

According to GSM Arena, new features include customizable virtual backgrounds in calls and meetings, meeting scheduling, in-meeting chat, live content sharing, real-time closed captions, video calls with up to 100 participants, enhanced video and audio experiences with noise cancellation, and integration with other Google tools such as Gmail, Calendar, Assistant, and Messages.

If you already use Duo or Meet for free, you won't have to pay for "the new experience," according to the article.

"If you're presently using the Meet app, you'll be given the choice to install Duo when you open the old Meet app once it's renamed to Meet." Until then, the original Meet app will continue to operate normally and the Meet in Gmail feature will be unaffected by the app.

Also Read | Kashmir target killings: Amit Shah to meet LG Manoj Sinha

-PTC News