If you are one of those who usually make video calls through messaging applications such as WhatsApp, this may give you joy. The usual thing is that, for two people to communicate through an app, both interested have it installed on their terminals. Well, here comes the case: Google is testing the possibility that we can establish video calls with any contact, whether or not you have the application installed on your smartphone. A novelty that would undoubtedly be a driving force in the use of Google Duo, the Google messaging app.
RECEIVE VIDEO CALLS WITHOUT INSTALLING GOOGLE DUO
As we have been able to read on the technology website Android Police, the giant Google recently updated its Google Duo application, giving a new design to its interface and its icon. In addition to this small and little relevant novelty, we applied the one that now occupies us. Also, that is a real giant leap in terms of versatility and adaptation between terminals. No, you do not have to have the application to receive Google Duo video calls. Will this encourage people to try it?
As we can see in the small video that we have attached just above, the person who receives the Google Duo video call does not have the application installed on their phone. Despite this, you receive a full-size warning that you have an incoming video call. This new update will also be used for voice calls. Recipients can answer the video call by dragging the microphone icon. At the end of the call or video call, users are asked to install the app if they want to start a video call. Of course, we can block all those people who call us to bother us.
GOOGLE’S STRATEGIES TO MAKE GOOGLE DUO WORK
All this new feature works through specific Google Play services, called App Preview Messaging, launched with Google Allo in 2016. This application was made available to developers of apps through a program of prior access. Currently, it has not yet been fully deployed, so not all programmers can make use of this feature.
And this is where Google’s ingenuity lies: if someone does not use an application, they will never know if it can be useful. If nobody uses Google Duo, if nobody decides to start sending video calls through this app, it will never succeed. If you receive a video call from Google Duo, the tests and see that it works … Why not take advantage of it and download it? Thus, little by little, the number of users of Google Duo would increase, without the need for expensive advertising campaigns.
Anyway, this feature will not be available to everyone when it is fully deployed. Outside would be the iPhone terminals and others outside the Android ecosystem. Also, according to Android Police, there will be some requirements that terminals must meet. So that we can send video calls to those who do not have Google Duo on their phone.
WHERE TO DOWNLOAD GOOGLE DUO
If your phone does not come with Google Duo as a default application then installing it is very simple. You just have to go to the Android Play Store store, in this direct link that we provide. Once installed, we must add our phone number and give the necessary permissions for it to work correctly. At the moment, we can only invite our contacts to have the application installed. We hope very soon to be able to have new news about what was treated in this special of Google Duo.