We know Facebook dominates the chat app world; it owns Whatsapp, Instagram, and of course Facebook Messenger. All these applications have succeeded in sending texts, pictures and audios between users but enjoyed little success with video call.
On the other hand, Skype is popular with video call, with acquisition by Microsoft making the app to add more lovely features like speech translation from one language to another. But the fact remains that Skype only succeed as a video calling application on a computer.
Most people don’t make video call on phone with either Skye or any other applications. Google thinks this was due to some inefficiency in the video calling apps in market.
For this reason, Google launched its own video calling application “DUO” which can be downloaded here for Android users and here for iOS users. The search engine giant believes DUO is the perfect application smartphone users needed to feel the thrills of video calling on a phone.
But before you download DUO, here are the things you must know about the application:
Things to Know About Duo
Platform: Even though the application is cross-platform, only Android and iOS users will be getting the app at the moment. This is simply because the two OS are the most used on smartphones.
Sign up and Registration: You do not need to have Google account before you access this application; All you need is your phone number just like the way you register for Whatsapp. After registration, an SMS is sent to verify your number.
Knock Knock: When you receive a call on Duo, a form of notification and preview will show up to let you know that you and the caller can see each other. You can see a caller even if you phone is on lock screen and you can decide to pick or ignore the video call without having to unlock your phone.
Call Encryption: Duo protect you from spies by using Web-Real-Time-Communication (WebRTC) built into the application. This encrypts you calls, and you don’t need to worry about spying agencies in your country.
Above all, this application consumes less data than other video calling applications. So what are you waiting for, download the app and DUO me on my phone number.
