Duo is being rebranded to Google Meet, and old Google Meet is still sticking around?
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Google’s video chat merger begins: Now there are two “Google Meet” apps
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"Duo" was confusing because there's also a 2-factor authentication app called Duo.
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[blinks]
[blinks again]
These should all be branded as various incarnations of Google Huh? (TM).
[blinks again]
These should all be branded as various incarnations of Google Huh? (TM).
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“Google Rebranding/Strategy Change” has graduated to becoming a full fledged news genre. Seems like there’s something everyday and you need to follow it closely like a sports team to figure out what is really going on at any point.
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Ultimately we're going to need one of those big Linux distro charts to make understanding all these name changes easier. It's absurd at this point.
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I have been using Duo for more than a year to video chat with my family and it has gotten more and more buggy and unreliable. Given that I use a Pixel 6, I find this to be pretty unacceptable.
In the last few months, it has gotten so bad that I have been using FB Messenger instead of Duo and the calls are much higher fidelity, they do not freeze up or fail to even connect. All in All a much better experience.
I will check out Meet and hope that it works better, but if the video is as LoFi, choppy and grainy and the connection as unstable I don't foresee sticking with it for long.
In the last few months, it has gotten so bad that I have been using FB Messenger instead of Duo and the calls are much higher fidelity, they do not freeze up or fail to even connect. All in All a much better experience.
I will check out Meet and hope that it works better, but if the video is as LoFi, choppy and grainy and the connection as unstable I don't foresee sticking with it for long.
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So instead, in spoken conversation, I need to parse out the spoken capital between "hey, let's meet at 3 to discuss this" and "hey, let's Meet at 3 to discuss this".
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I’m waiting for them to announce an app for scheduling in-person meetings, Meat Meet.
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After I finally convinced iPhone family to download this to video chat us? Jesus.
Time to focus them on using Signal I guess
Time to focus them on using Signal I guess
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What annoys me, is that there is no longer an audio-only chat option that I can find. Hangouts used to have audio calls. My friend and I would often use this to chat while we played video games or something.
It's amazing how often Google product merges end up deleting features. I'm still salty about YouTube Music missing half of Play Music's functionality. Ultimately had to unsubscribe, after 10 years of being a customer.
It's amazing how often Google product merges end up deleting features. I'm still salty about YouTube Music missing half of Play Music's functionality. Ultimately had to unsubscribe, after 10 years of being a customer.
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I thought this stopped being ridiculously funny a few iterations ago.
But, no, it doesn't.
But, no, it doesn't.
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Given Google's history in this market, I think they should rename it Google Meathead, because you'd have to be a meathead to invest any effort into getting your friends and family to use it before it's cancelled or replaced with a totally random different product.
Perhaps one that gives tips on grilling the perfect steak. /s(?)
Perhaps one that gives tips on grilling the perfect steak. /s(?)
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To an extent I understand having two chat apps. When Google tried to integrate Hangouts with SMS the end result was convoluted, something that was not great at either. Now that Messages has RCS support, it is frankly a great iMessage competitor. Most of the same features, uses cell numbers as accounts, and virtually everyone with an Android has it.
If Google wants to compete with Slack or what have you, that is a different ballgame. I shudder to think what might happen if they tried to combine this type of communication with SMS.
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It's made a few circuits already from being funny, to not being funny, to being funny again.
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Does "JFGI" still refer to websearching or has it yet gained a second meaning of making inscrutable project decisions like it's the Mad Hatter's tea party?
Example: "WB's film release plan was JFGI."
Example: "WB's film release plan was JFGI."
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There isn't a more elegant way to sum up the mess that is Google's communication strategy.
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I'm not ashamed to admit that I literally laughed out loud when I read this sentence.
EDIT: Reading that help document makes me really worry for whoever had to write that. They must have the word Meet imprinted somewhere on their psyche for the foreseeable future as the page has 41 references to the word "Meet" in it. At least 1/4th of those are from the header, footer and breadcrumbs, but, yeah -- that's a lot of "Meet".
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Even that's no good--true to its maker, Google Meat would have you flipping your steak every fifteen seconds.
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