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On mobile -- Messages + Duo converging a bit and you'll be able to receive video calls whether you have duo or not. Desktop -- Meet/Chat converging and getting

On mobile -- Messages + Duo converging a bit and you'll be able to receive video calls whether you have duo or not. Desktop -- Meet/Chat converging and getting a unified UI for business/desktop users. I think it is taking time, but it's finally happening and Hangouts will officially be shut down when the merging happens.

aaaxyz 6y ago
I've been using chat and meet for a few months. Chat has seen no new features added in months, the UI is atrocious (switching from a dark terminal window to a Google chat tab will burn your retina), it offers no customization besides the colour of your emojis and even the official Google bots can't understand basic requests like "Schedule a meeting with everyone in this room". Slack is way way (way) ahead of it. The integration with Meet consists of a single "invite to video call" button that creates a new video call and inserts the link into your message. There's no option to stop people from inviting you to new calls/set your Google chat status as busy when accepting a call. Meet itself is also frustrating to use for anything more than a 2-3 person meeting; it doesn't display more than 4 video feeds at once on your screen. It's also unable to save settings between video calls (if you don't want to have incoming and outgoing 720p streams all the time you have to change the settings at the start of every call). Zoom and even Jitsi are both miles ahead of it. There is no reason to use either product besides the fact that they come with enterprise Gmail accounts. They both still feel like prototypes or minimum viable products (especially Chat).
- tssva 6y ago
  Google Meet now shows up to 16 video feeds at once on your screen.
Mindwipe 6y ago
This sounds pretty dreadful bluntly as a product offering. A mobile only consumer proposition is useless. Sounds like Google's internal strategy here is still a disaster.
- tssva 6y ago
  Duo is not mobile only.

aaaxyz 6y ago

I've been using chat and meet for a few months. Chat has seen no new features added in months, the UI is atrocious (switching from a dark terminal window to a Google chat tab will burn your retina), it offers no customization besides the colour of your emojis and even the official Google bots can't understand basic requests like "Schedule a meeting with everyone in this room". Slack is way way (way) ahead of it. The integration with Meet consists of a single "invite to video call" button that creates a new video call and inserts the link into your message. There's no option to stop people from inviting you to new calls/set your Google chat status as busy when accepting a call. Meet itself is also frustrating to use for anything more than a 2-3 person meeting; it doesn't display more than 4 video feeds at once on your screen. It's also unable to save settings between video calls (if you don't want to have incoming and outgoing 720p streams all the time you have to change the settings at the start of every call). Zoom and even Jitsi are both miles ahead of it. There is no reason to use either product besides the fact that they come with enterprise Gmail accounts. They both still feel like prototypes or minimum viable products (especially Chat).

tssva 6y ago
Google Meet now shows up to 16 video feeds at once on your screen.

Mindwipe 6y ago

This sounds pretty dreadful bluntly as a product offering. A mobile only consumer proposition is useless. Sounds like Google's internal strategy here is still a disaster.

tssva 6y ago
Duo is not mobile only.