recently launched a novelty that will make it stand out from the competition. The Google video call platform incorporates among its functionalities: Subtitle either automatic conversation transcripts.
With this new function, Google Duo aims to stand out from its competition by offering users hearing impaired users, a those in noisy environments or simply to those who do not want to activate the audio an alternative for your virtual meetings.
In addition, this initiative is part of a series of improvements What Google proposes for encourage inclusion in several of its products. Like the Google Maps proposal to indicate accessible areas for people with reduced mobility.
Subtitles will be automatically generated while dialogue is taking place in both video calls and video messages. This novelty will be included in the next updates of the tool in iOS Y Android. Although they have yet to include it in the desktop version.
Google transcribes the conversations of your video calls but does not store them. This option can be enabled / disabled in «Message settings», in the preferences.
New features
In addition to the novelty of automatic transcripts In your video calls, Google Duo includes four other features to improve the service:
- Increased security and quality of calls: They have reinforced the security of calls, ensuring that only the people involved can know what is said or displayed on them. Furthermore, through Artificial Intelligence, Duo minimizes quality loss when the signal fails and completes the missing audio fragments.
- Capture the best moments: You can take photos during the call and Duo will take care of framing people and framing the photo so you can share it.
- Expansion of the number of participants in video calls: You can make video calls of up to 32 participants. 😱
- personalized messages: You will be able to personalize video and voice messages through virtual reality effects with different messages, which will be available 24 hours a day.
What is Google Duo and how does it work?
is a video call app whose operation is quite simple. It works with WiFi or mobile data, and just by verifying our phone number we will have the registration in the application ready (it is not necessary to open an account in it). According to Google, one of the main advantages of Duo is the possibility maintain call quality, even in poor coverage areas.
Through Google Duo, video calls can be made between two or more people and, also, voice calls.
Google Duo has a special functionality for Android devices called Knock Knockthrough which you can see live videos of the caller (as long as they are in your contact list), even before answering, this will only work if you both have the Knock Knock option activated.
Google Duo’s rivals
After the confinement, it has been seen how they have come out from under the stones. Therefore, Google Duo faces a number of competitors headed by tool video calls: .
and they also registered, in recent months, significant increases in their number of users.
Another of Duo’s rivals is face time, the video call application only available for iOs. Not forgetting to mention FacebookMessenger either WhatsApp, that improves the quality of service.
What do you think of their news? Have you tried this tool or are you faithful to another of its competition? Tell us! 😉
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