The problem with Google's new Duo video chat app
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 to do the "reinventing Google messaging" dance once again, only now with a slightly different twist.
This time, the jig is to the tune of Duo, a new video chat app announced at Google's I/O developers' conference in May and officially launched on Android and iOS this morning. Duo gives you a dead-simple way to make one-on-one video calls with other people you know -- no frills, no fuss, no fuzzy connections (in theory, at least, thanks to a Project Fi-like system that seamlessly switches your calls between Wi-Fi and your cellular network to keep you on the best possible connection).
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