Facebook's video calling feature could put the squeeze on a wide array of competitors, including Google's new
Duo video chat app, Snapchat and Skype.
Not exact matches
Google's answer to FaceTime: «
Duo»
video chat app arrives on iOS and Android (but it could cause some embarrassing moments) Google's
Duo app is rolling out Shazam is as an intelligent multimedia file manager for seeing, listening, locating as well as purchasing information.
Google
Duo is Google's current
video chat app of choice.
The Google
Duo video -
chatting app also supports this behaviour, but those two
apps are the full extent of this functionality for now.
Google had announced about Allo, its new instant messaging
app along with
Duo, the new
video chat app at the Google Developers I / O conference, 2016.
The
app will also link to Google's
Duo app for
video chat over cellular networks.
During I / O, Google announced Allo and
Duo, companion messaging and
video chat apps scheduled to arrive with Android Nougat.
The code, extracted by 9to5Google, shows updates to other integrated services as well, such as the ability to download and sync podcasts through the Google
app, more granularly defined shipment tracking and the inclusion of
video chat app Duo into Google Assistant smart displays.
For healthy comparison, other popular
chat apps already have this feature, such as Facebook's Messenger
app on mobile, and more recently, Google's own
app dedicated to
video calls,
Duo.
This includes
video chatting through Google's
Duo chat app.
Google dedicated significant resources during its I / O developer conference last month to its Allo
chat app and
Duo video messaging
app.