Go bye, because Google will shut down another star service

Goodbye Forever Duo: Google begins to undo its last major failings in messaging and calling apps.

After several years of Mess with your communication solutionsalso failure after failure, it seems Google wants to speed up standardization and simplify Of these basic applications, which first They started saying goodbye to Hangouts to integrate it into chat and Now we are also announcing the end of Google Duoa service that will be integrated with Meet.

Tell us colleagues SamMobile trail tracing 9to5Googlealthough in fact Convergence of Duo and Meet . platforms had already Confirmed by Google a few weeks agoreporting from Mountain View that It will be at the end of this year when Duo will be completely replaced For the new Meet app, which of course will gradually receive all the features of Google Duo.

Google Duo is already preparing for Google Meet compatibility.

The news now is that Google has already taken the first step towards integration It starts by informing users directly of video calling services, since Duo apps started doing it Some users will see a card indicating this “Duo is getting better”With information on what’s to come in the coming months.

In fact, this is This message appears when the card is opened Which couldn’t be more clear and succinct:

Your Duo will become Meet, with a new name and icon and more features like background effects.

Like we already told you, this card is still Appears only for a small portion of users who are using the latest version of Google Duospecifically build 169.0.459621665.duo.android_20220612.16_p6.

In it we will find Some interaction to show us the news Which has yet to come, because in addition to the message we will see Two buttons we can press And what do they indicate? ‘own it’ s ‘more information’with intuitive functions in every situation.

This is how Duo shows us the first steps in its integration with Google Meet.

If we click on ‘own it’ Options will appear To create a new meeting or schedule in Google Calendar, features that were unique to Meet, while If we touch the button ‘more information’ We are being redirected to a support article This is where all the latest changes and news for Google Duo are displayed.

In addition to the card that starts the merging process, you will receive with this new version Virtual backgrounds for your video conferencesThe text chat during meetings and instantaneous translationIn addition, the group video call limit has been increased from 32 to 100 participants.

Every cloud has a lighter side! Let’s see if this is the magic of Google’s connection options…