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Google is officially kicking off the merger of its two video chat apps, Google Meet and Google Duo. Google announced the merger in June, with the plan to keep the Google Meet brand name while merging ...

Google Duo has upped its game over the last two months. In May, the web-based chat app added a family mode with cutesy Snapchat-like AR effects and a doodle board to make video chatting more fun for ...

Google was all about messaging during this year’s I/O keynote. After announcing a new chat app dubbed Allo, the Mountain View company introduced Duo, a video calling app. If you can’t wait for Duo to ...