According to the 9to5Google report, Google Duo to replaced by Meet, for now, Google-owned two video calling apps. Google Duo was launched at I/O 2016 as one half of the company’s new consumer messaging strategy to replace Hangouts. As per the success rate, Duo performed well and delivered a high-quality Video calling service.
The report suggests this decision is the result of Google placing its consumer communication services — Duo, Messages, and Android’s Phone app — under the leadership of G Suite head Javier Soltero.
Following the rise of work from home and remote learning, Google has moved aggressively to make Meet a Zoom competitor. Like Duo, it’s now “free for everyone” to use and going after the same market.
If it goes according to the plan Duo is going away, and that engineers that previously worked on the consumer product are now tasked with Meet enterprise development, or left the team.
What is Google Meet?
Google Meet is Google’s official video calling service and it is available to everyone, if you own Google Account you can create an online meeting with up to 100 participants and meet for up to 60 minutes per meeting (up to 24 hours per meeting through Sept. 30, 2020).
Businesses, schools, and other organizations can take advantage of advanced features, including meetings with up to 250 internal or external participants and live streaming to up to 100,000 viewers within a domain.
