Seeing the integration work of the current signature video services Google Duo and Google Meet in the Google application ecosystem, in a somewhat unexpected but quite creative way, the former was simply and violently renamed Google Meet, and the latter was directly transformed into the “Original”. This magical operation was completed. However, things don’t seem to be as simple as Google thought… because Duo magically popped up again in the latest update (eh). Continue reading Google Duo became Meet and then back again, and it turned out that officials said it wanted to avoid confusion (what) the content of the report.
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Google Duo became Meet and then back again, but officials said it was to avoid confusion (what)
Since we are so afraid of confusion, will changing it and then changing it back make the situation more complicated?
Recently, foreign media discovered that the original name and app icon had been changed to Google Meet Duo. It was suspected that due to a bug problem, the Google Duo app icon was added back – but the new four-color Google Meet is still there.
It’s simple – but it’s going to look complicated (just be prepared).
If you have installed both Google Meet and Google Duo before. When you update Duo, which was renamed Google Meet in version 172, to version 173. You will find that there are actually two apps pointing to the same app, which is the app that is integrated into the latest Google Video service experience. They are the familiar dark blue Duo and the four-color version of Google Meet (both are the same application).
Then, if you have previously installed Google Meet, which was formerly known as Hangouts Meet but was subsequently changed to the original green application icon of Google Meet (original), you will see three essentially identical application icons Duo / Meet / Meet (original) on your Android phone.
For such a situation, foreign media originally set the tone that it might be caused by some bugs. However, Google officials later stated that this was an intentional approach. We hope that people who search for the Duo app on their phones can still be directed back to the new version of the app that has been renamed Google Meet to continue using it.
Seriously, since the original Google Meet can be linked to one (original). I believe that renaming the currently integrated only version to “(Duo)” can achieve the same goal so that people can find it when searching for the application, right?
That is to say, it should not be difficult for everyone to understand that Google may have adopted this strategy because it caused confusion and caused a sharp decline in usage data (after all, Duo originally had 5 billion users, but Meet only had 1/10). In addition, from the subsequent application reviews, we can actually see voices of dissatisfaction with “automatically turning into another program”.
It has to be said that the integration method of Duo-Meet is quite creative but simple and violent. But it seems that the resulting chaotic recoil may have also made Google a little panicked?
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