{"id":456298,"date":"2022-06-01T22:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-is-mixing-up-its-video-chat-apps-again\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T22:45:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:45:53","slug":"google-is-mixing-up-its-video-chat-apps-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-is-mixing-up-its-video-chat-apps-again\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Is Mixing up Its Video Chat Apps Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2cbbcc49f2e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2cbbcc49f2e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-is-mixing-up-its-video-chat-apps-again\/#%E2%80%9CGoogle_Is_Mixing_up_Its_Video_Chat_Apps_Again%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Google Is Mixing up Its Video Chat Apps Again&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGoogle_Is_Mixing_up_Its_Video_Chat_Apps_Again%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Google Is Mixing up Its Video Chat Apps Again&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-808914 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Google-Meet-featured-image.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Google-Meet-featured-image.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Google-Meet-featured-image.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-credittext=\"Google\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Google currently has two <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s for video and audio calls, Meet and Duo, but soon the company will combine them into a new Google Meet application.<\/p>\n<p>Google confirmed today that its two apps for video and audio calls, Meet and Duo, will be merged into a single service. Even though the new combined app will keep the Google Meet name, the mobile apps will be an update to the existing Duo app \u2014 the existing Meet app will eventually be renamed to \u2018Meet Original\u2019 and then discontinued. Conversation history, contacts, and messages will be retained throughout the transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the coming weeks,\u201d Google said in a blog post, \u201cwe\u2019re 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\u2019ll rename the Duo app to Google Meet, our single video communications service across Google that is available to everyone at no-cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Google used to have a single video and audio service for both business customers and regular people, known as Google Hangouts. However, the company released two new apps in 2016 that aimed to replace Hangouts for regular people: Allo (for text messaging) and Duo (for calls). Hangouts was promptly split into <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/products\/g-suite\/meet-the-new-enterprise-focused-hangouts\/\">two new products aimed at organizations<\/a>, called Hangouts Chat (similar to Slack or Microsoft Teams) and Hangouts Meet (for calls). In 2018, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/products\/messages\/latest-messages-allo-duo-and-hangouts\/\">Google started shutting down Allo<\/a> and started moving its features to Messages (the default SMS app on Android), while Hangouts remained an enterprise product.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic, and the popularity around Zoom, caused the line between Google Meet and Duo to blur. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2020\/04\/29\/google-meet-is-now-free-for-everyone\/\">Google opened up Meet to anyone with a Google account<\/a>, instead of limiting it to paying customers, while <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2020\/07\/07\/google-duo-on-android-expands-group-calls-to-32-participants\/\">Duo steadily increased the maximum number of participants<\/a> who could be on the same video call.<\/p>\n<p>With so much overlap between Duo and Meet, it makes sense that the two services are merging. That doesn\u2019t make the process any less confusing, though, especially as Google is still flip-flopping on how to handle its messaging services. Six years after Hangouts was split into multiple services, we\u2019re back to a single app. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pHUEYIE_MZA?t=78\">\u201cAll of this has happened before, but the question remains, does all of this have to happen again?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/blog\/products\/workspace\/bringing-the-power-of-google-meet-to-google-duo-users\">Google<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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