![]() ![]() ![]() First, “if there’s anything that was our North Star, it was to be super, super simple.” Second, Fox says, is speed and reliability, thanks to Duo being built on Google’s WebRTC video framework to handle HD or 2G. “The logic is that will succeed if they’re solving a use case really well,” Google’s VP of product management for consumer communication Nick Fox tells me, though this ignores the fact that a product needs to solve something others haven’t already.įox explains that Google focused on three things with Duo. That’s a big disadvantage versus the ubiquitous Facebook Messenger and Skype’s video call features. Starting from zero users with that level of uncertainty might push people to go with a competitor their contacts are likely to already have. If you want to video call someone without Duo, you’ll have to invite them over SMS with an app download link. Nabbing those users who want to video call their Android friends is one avenue for success.ĭuo looks a bit bland, though, since it can’t do group calling, video effects or text chat. Duo is best understood as a no-frills FaceTime competitor that works with Android devices instead of just Apple products.
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