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Google is officially kicking off the merger of its two video chat apps, Google Meet and Google Duo. Google announced the merger in June, with the plan to keep the Google Meet brand name while merging ...

Google Duo has upped its game over the last two months. In May, the web-based chat app added a family mode with cutesy Snapchat-like AR effects and a doodle board to make video chatting more fun for ...

According to anonymous sources, Google might have plans to kill off Google Duo. Google’s plan might involve replacing Duo with Meet, its enterprise-focused video chat service. The transition likely ...

With people practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic Google's latest effort to boost video-conference capabilities brings group calling on its Duo app to the web. Duo, which ...

Google Duo, the company’s video chat service for consumers, will soon merge with Google Meet, the company’s video chat service for business users. The Duo app will soon get all of Meet’s features, ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A company called Google just released a new chat app… Wait — scratch that. We’ve all heard it before. Many times. But stick with me for a sec, ’cause we need ...

Everyone wants what Zoom has right now, but Google is the only one linking to its own app when Zoom is mentioned. Google is adding a sneaky link to its own video-calling app when users mention Zoom in ...

Google today launched an update to its Duo video chat app (which you definitely shouldn’t confuse with Hangouts or Google Meet, Google’s other video, audio and text chat apps). There are plenty of ...

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