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 ...

The app just surpassed 5 billion installs on the Play Store, making it one of a select few services to hit such a mark.

Duo, released in 2016, is an Android and iOS app that offers end-to-end encrypted video calling on low-bandwidth networks. On the Google Play Store, the app has more than 5 billion downloads and ...

Around 50 million users have downloaded the Google Duo app in the last two months, bringing the total number to over 100 million.

Earlier this year, Google began merging its Duo and Meet platforms together. Now, the Duo app icon is back... only to redirect people to Meet. Oh boy.

Update 8/22: Like on Android, the iOS app earlier this month received the new Meet homescreen and splash screen. However, the blue app icon and name (“Google Duo”) remained unchanged until today.

Google is — once again — revamping its messaging efforts, this time combining Meet and Duo into a single application. Duo is the popular video calling app Google released in 2016.

San Francisco, Feb 8 (IANS) Google's video calling app Duo has now surpassed the 5 billion download milestone over on the Play Store.