Today , Google annunciate a new picture shout out app called Duo , and it may just be the FaceTime competitor we ’ve been waiting for . Or it might just be wearisome and basic .
It ’s a companion app to the company’smessaging app Allo , and it ’s likewise mobile - only :
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After start the app , you ’re presented with a front - facing tv camera trailer of yourself . you may then pick out who you desire to call by scrolling through your contact . Then , solicit your friend , and if they pick up , the television call begins . So that ’s fundamentally the same as FaceTime . But if it seems to a fault simple , that ’s by invention .
“ You noticed the demo was passing poor and that ’s because that ’s all it needs to be , ” Erik Kay , Google ’s managing director of engineering , communication theory products , told the Verge after a trial trial last workweek .
Duo comes with someneat features , like the ability to toss between wi - fi and cellular military service without losing the call . There ’s something calledKnock Knock , which will let you see a alive flow of the person who ’s call you on your lock screen . All callsalso haveend - to - death encryption . There is anobvious drawback , though : No video conferencing .
Google , says Duo will be unloose later this summer , and will be available for both iOS and Android .
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