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Pixel phones at least do have it. I use it sometimes with my girlfriend because the video quality is higher and because it runs on my laptop, so I can use a big
by thu2111 7y ago
Pixel phones at least do have it. I use it sometimes with my girlfriend because the video quality is higher and because it runs on my laptop, so I can use a bigger screen when at home. But WhatsApp also offers video chat and she defaults to using that because our conversations (when apart) start with text chat, and WhatsApp works fine too.
Basically, Duo suffers from being only video chat. I don't know why Google can't make a WhatsApp competitor that's good. I think the problem is it's never had a CEO that really cared about this product category so it flails around, dominated by professional product managers who don't have any burning innovative idea (unlike when WhatsApp was new and the big idea was to use phone numbers instead of user names).
- ProZsolt 7y agoHere in the UK you can use Messages[0](the default SMS app) for chat. It supports RCS. You can send pictures, emojis or even use for group chat. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... Current availability: Chat features in your Messages app are available in France, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, the UK and the US, and across multiple operators globally. We are working on bringing chat features broadly to more regions, operators and other messaging apps (e.g. Samsung Messages).
- tssva 7y agoAnd Duo is integrated with Messages. You can launch a Duo video call within a Messages conversation.