Google Duo lands in Spain

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Google Duo lands in Spain



The search giant is trying to gain a foothold in the video-calling market hoarded by Facebook, Apple and Microsoft



   Three months after your announcement, Google Duo is here and you only need a phone number. This is the card of presentation of the last bet of the giant of the searchers to recover ground in the market of the instantaneous mail.

Last May at the annual I / O conference, Google surprised with the announcement of the creation of Duo, an exclusive video call app independent of Hangouts, the everlasting communication tool of Google.

Since this week, Android and iOS users can now download and make calls to their contacts after receiving a verification code by registering their number in the app, following the wake of the registry of other messaging applications such as Whatsapp or Telegram.

   Beyond the race to lead the development of artificial intelligence, the great technology have saved part of their efforts to video call services. Fight that began with Skype, bought by Microsoft in 2011, which was joined by Apple with Facetime, exclusive for its iPhone and iPad products. And where Facebook also appears and from 2017 WhatsApp will.

Google wants to join this market with Duo to get ahead of the king of instant messaging allowing Android to call from iOS and vice versa. Although, for the moment this application is only available for the latest operating systems, iOS 9 or higher and in the case of Android for the Jelly Bean.

Toc, tap to 'spy'

As a novelty, Google hopes to make the reception of video calls more pleasant and to lose the shame when it comes to picking up the phone. Toc, toc allows the user to see for 30 seconds what the other person is doing when dialing their number. In this way, we make the video call more spontaneous and attractive, helping you to establish contact with another person even before responding, says Google.

Even, it is not necessary to be inside the application so that the face of the person who is calling appears on the screen.

Finally, Duo encrypts all calls made through the app end-to-end.

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