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It’s hilarious watching Google trying to be a consumer-focus company. What features do they lead with: 1) end to end encrypted, and 2) we’re constantly making
by jpeg_hero 6y ago
It’s hilarious watching Google trying to be a consumer-focus company. What features do they lead with:
1) end to end encrypted, and
2) we’re constantly making optimizations
3) uses AI to reduce audio interruptions,
4) and Excitingly! Coming Soon! we’re rolling out a new video codec
5) that works with very low bandwidth connections
I dunno I use FaceTime, it “just works”
- ajconway 6y agoFaceTime is a great product, one of the best in terms of audio/video quality, but it does not work on the majority of devices.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoAm I the only one who has latency issues with Facetime? It makes conversations flow less naturally. Google's latency isn't stellar either, mind you. For all their issues, I think the best mainstream solution for latency right now is Zoom...
- mav3rick 6y agoNot everyone has an iPhone. Shocker.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoAnd in most of the world, the majority do not.
- graton 6y ago> I dunno I use FaceTime, it “just works” <sarcasm> I just tried to make a FaceTime call from my Google Pixel phone and it didn't work :( </sarcasm>
- what_ever 6y agoI haven't used Facetime so I can't compare but Duo just works as well? Have you tried using it? Also, have you tried video calling someone using Android phone using Facetime? And what's wrong if you tell features that make your app stand out against the competition or should they really say on their probably 50th update that it's easy to install? Disc: Googler.
- mmwelt 6y agoThe major problem in China is that Duo doesn't work at all, where as FaceTime works quite reliably.
- jorams 6y agoThat is a China problem, not a Duo problem. Sadly Google is not the company it once was, and has taken steps in the wrong direction, but it clearly has the moral high ground on this front.
- danielscrubs 6y agoMy colleague had been invited to visit both Apple and Google (former CERN employee). He said the contrast was very stark. In Google everyone was young and looked like they where having fun, at Apple where the old grumpy gray-beards with decades behind them. And he would usually his story with: -And I've been an Apple-fanboy ever since. I miss that dude.