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Google Duo

Now you can make voice calls worldwide using Google Duo

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Google has added the ability to make voice calls through its official video calling application Google Duo. It started as an application that only allows its users to make the video calls has now launched this voice calling feature.

This strategy of Google with its various chat and messaging android apps is very much confusing. Google recently in 2016, launched two new messaging applications, one for text messaging, which Google announced the chat app as a competition for the most popular android messaging app WhatsApp and the other one is the video calling application which can be used for making video calls over the internet.

But the Google Duo app now allows the users to make voice calls as well just like Hangouts which Google recently split into two Chat and Meet.

Google introduced both of these apps to keep things simple. If you already have the Google Duo android app on your device, then all you need to do is just update the app, then you will find a toggle button where you need to switch from video to audio for making voice calls.

Google has been launching and updating, making changes to its various apps, but sadly none of them is a big hit and none of them has gained popularity.

Google Duo beats Pokemon GO and Messenger in Downloads

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Google Duo beats Pokemon GO

Google Duo became the most popular application on Google Play Store within a short period. Last month Pokemon Go created records in total downloads, but now Google Duo crossed those records as per the latest statistics.

Google lists the Top Free apps based on the total number of downloads on Google Play Store. Google Duo achieved the top place in the chart by throwing Messenger and Pokemon Go to the later positions.

Google Duo gained sudden attention, people, who are waiting for the Whatsapp video calling feature are attracted to the app.

If we observe, Google Duo got more positive feedback compared to other top applications on the list with a 4.5 average rating. It clearly shows how people are satisfied with the one-to-one video calling application.

Everything is positive for a new application in the initial days. But what extent, Google Duo succeeds in the segment purely depends on the Duo adoption rate of the users. People have to convince before making any app as the primary choice for their daily use.