Google to Replace Duo with Meet App

Google is planning to replace Duo with Meet. Duo to be phased out after only being on the market for a few years (Duo launched in 2016.) Its rumored demise has reportedly come as a surprise to the Duo team themselves, according to 9to5Google.

Also, it will see some of Duo’s features integrated into Meet, including end-to-end encryption, 3D effects, and contacting users for a video via phone number.

Meet integrated into Gmail and has received a number of features as Google looks to compete with Zoom. With a reported growth of 3 million users each day in April, it’s clear that Meet has a chance at becoming the market leader for video conferencing.

Unfortunately, its popularity may come at the expense of Duo, which means we’ll soon add Duo to the heap of other canceled Google services, which these days is a long.

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On other hand, Google did add that it's looking at ways that our video calling products can improve alongside one another," which could be a hint that Duo and Meet will eventually merge.

Later, An email was dispatched to “active” users of Google classic Sites detailing its retirement, which will take place over the next year.

The email, which had the subject line “Migrate your classic sites to new Google Sites,” headlined that the service will be fully shut down on September 1, 2021. To begin this transition, classic Sites creation will be disabled on November 1, 2020, after which point users will have a little under a year to move to the new Sites.

The launch of the Classic Sites Manager, which aims to assist in the conversion of classic Sites to new Sites. It allows you to convert, archive, or delete any classic Sites on your account, as well as export a spreadsheet of all your sites to Google Sheets. Users are encouraged to begin their transition today to avoid disruptions in the future.

This modified schedule sees website creation being disabled in May of 2021, followed by the loss of editing capabilities in October, and the complete shutdown of classic Sites in December, at which point you can no longer view any sites that have not transitioned.

Also, this transition was originally delayed due to a number of features from classic Sites not being available in the revamped version, which has since been remedied.

Later, Google announced the Google One paid cloud storage service, in order to provide more features compared to the free storage service available to all users. The service came with the ability to share storage space for users with family members, and direct technical support.

According to firm, some features that were intended only for One subscribers will be made available free of charge to users anywhere the service is available, and among the features that have become free are: the backup feature and a new storage management tool.

It announced the One paid cloud storage service, in order to provide more features compared to the free storage service available to all users. The service came with the ability to share storage space for users with family members, and direct technical support.

According to firm, some features that were intended only for Google One subscribers will be made available free of charge to users anywhere the service is available, and among the features that have become free are: the backup feature and a new storage management tool.