In case you have been paying any consideration to Google, you have got in all probability observed loads of new initiatives that come and go from the Mountain View tech large since its inception. Effectively, there’s one other one in all their initiatives that’s no extra, in title no less than: Google Duo.
In June 2022, Google made an announcement stating that every one Google Meet options had been going to be added to their cellular cross-platform video assembly system, Google Duo. Google Duo was first launched to be a form of competitor to Apple’s facetime as fast and straightforward capability to quickly arrange and use video calling between you and your folks through your contact checklist.
Animation of Google Duo/Meet Replace
That’s all nicely and good, however apparently Google looks like doing Google issues, and has determined to rename Google Duo. That is proper, Google Duo will now be known as Google Meet. Which after all will not be fully the identical product as Google Meet but, which on cellular platforms will likely be renamed to Google Meet (Traditional).
That is positively not the primary time Google has made some questionable naming choices. Its chat platforms make glorious examples. Google’s first Chat software program was known as G Chat, which later acquired renamed to Hangouts. Then they launched and later shut down Google Allo, which didn’t work together with Hangouts. Later, Google determined to launch a brand new chat utility to compete with Slack and Discord, Hangouts Chat, which was solely cross suitable in one-on-one messages to the unique Hangouts. Hangouts Chat was later renamed to Google Chat, and Google slowly began shutting down the unique Hangouts.
Google Duo on Google Play Retailer
Regardless of all the complicated naming adjustments and conventions, the transfer to make Google Duo the identical title as Google Meet does make sense in that it has function parity to Google Meet. It does, nonetheless, make it complicated to finish customers. Which Google Meet is my assembly for? Or am I imagined to name somebody on my telephone with Google Meet? Or is it a gathering on my telephone as a result of I am cellular on Google Meet (Traditional)? All of those questions might come up. Although that confusion does exist, Google has acknowledged that Meet Traditional seemingly will likely be deprecated sooner or later. It’s almost certainly account and performance parity can even be a part of the now renamed Google Duo’s future.
