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Google Duo (the FaceTime competitor afaik) works fine and I have used it with all my family for a while now. There's also WhatsApp video which is pretty poor q

Google Duo (the FaceTime competitor afaik) works fine and I have used it with all my family for a while now. There's also WhatsApp video which is pretty poor quality, imo. Duo is much clearer and higher quality.

modernhybrid 5y ago
the web interface works pretty nicely as well. I've been using google messages and duo lately and they have been working pretty flawlessly
- josephg 5y ago
  I’m sure it does - the technical aspects of Google’s products are fantastic. But I’ve been burned enough times now and I just assume anything interesting and new that Google makes will be rebranded / deleted / shunted into a new department in a few years for no reason. Google duo? What about Allo? Is that gchat? Is it related to hangouts? Or was that just a Google plus thing? Does that even still exist? Is duo it related to Meet? It’s all such a mess. When Inbox came out I thought “huh this is great. I’d better not get used to it or I’ll be sad when it inevitably gets shut down in a few years”. And sure enough. I dread the family conversations in a few years of “wait where did the icon go?”
  - fshbbdssbbgdd 5y ago
    The Gmail app pretty much turned into Inbox. I was dreading the shutdown of Inbox but it ended up being a complete non-event.
  - cacarr 5y ago
    One can understand scepticism, but Duo isn't going anywhere. If you need a FaceTime replacement, just use Duo and put all the rest of that mess out of your mind.
    - distances 5y ago
      How do you know this? I don't know anyone using it so I've honestly been assuming it's the next to go. I've been using Meet with all my groups as it feels like a corporate solution and thus maybe more stable.
    - dmitriid 5y ago
      > One can understand scepticism, but Duo isn't going anywhere "In August 2020, it was reported that Google was planning to eventually replace Google Duo with Google Meet, but would continue to support Duo and "invest in building new features" in the long term" https://9to5google.com/2020/08/14/sources-google-meet-replaces-duo/ https://9to5google.com/2020/08/14/sources-google-meet-replac...
  - modernhybrid 5y ago
    I totally agree. I also don't usually trust google to support their 'projects' in long term, but since messages and duo seem to be pre installed in android devices (I think?) I was inclined to try it out. Just hoping that messages and duo are here to stay
earth2mars 5y ago
yes. i love it. i can share screen, cast to tv (on samsung devices etc). potrait mode, virtual background, blurr..its all there!

modernhybrid 5y ago

the web interface works pretty nicely as well. I've been using google messages and duo lately and they have been working pretty flawlessly

josephg 5y ago
I’m sure it does - the technical aspects of Google’s products are fantastic. But I’ve been burned enough times now and I just assume anything interesting and new that Google makes will be rebranded / deleted / shunted into a new department in a few years for no reason. Google duo? What about Allo? Is that gchat? Is it related to hangouts? Or was that just a Google plus thing? Does that even still exist? Is duo it related to Meet? It’s all such a mess. When Inbox came out I thought “huh this is great. I’d better not get used to it or I’ll be sad when it inevitably gets shut down in a few years”. And sure enough. I dread the family conversations in a few years of “wait where did the icon go?”
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y ago
  The Gmail app pretty much turned into Inbox. I was dreading the shutdown of Inbox but it ended up being a complete non-event.
- cacarr 5y ago
  One can understand scepticism, but Duo isn't going anywhere. If you need a FaceTime replacement, just use Duo and put all the rest of that mess out of your mind.
  - distances 5y ago
    How do you know this? I don't know anyone using it so I've honestly been assuming it's the next to go. I've been using Meet with all my groups as it feels like a corporate solution and thus maybe more stable.
  - dmitriid 5y ago
    > One can understand scepticism, but Duo isn't going anywhere "In August 2020, it was reported that Google was planning to eventually replace Google Duo with Google Meet, but would continue to support Duo and "invest in building new features" in the long term" https://9to5google.com/2020/08/14/sources-google-meet-replaces-duo/ https://9to5google.com/2020/08/14/sources-google-meet-replac...
- modernhybrid 5y ago
  I totally agree. I also don't usually trust google to support their 'projects' in long term, but since messages and duo seem to be pre installed in android devices (I think?) I was inclined to try it out. Just hoping that messages and duo are here to stay

earth2mars 5y ago

yes. i love it. i can share screen, cast to tv (on samsung devices etc). potrait mode, virtual background, blurr..its all there!