Google Duo is updated with this nice novelty

Although in recent years Google has "killed" many projects and applications, others like Google Duo have kept them. And not only that, the search engine giant continues to include interesting features to attract more users and give more possibilities to those who already use the application. After receiving news as exciting as the ability to call Google Home devices, the Google Duo app is updated again to allow users to draw notes

But, do you know what Google Duo is? Google Duo is a mobile video chat application developed by Google It is available for both Android and iOS and was introduced in 2016 together with Google Allo, an application for instant messaging. While the latter was finally withdrawn, the video call application has been incorporating new features and achieving a good user base. In addition, with the launch of speakers such as the Google Nest Hub, this service takes on a greater role by being able to make video calls directly to and from the speaker.

Latest news from Google Duo

As we said, Google Duo has been updating and receiving very interesting news. The most striking was, without a doubt, the possibility of making calls to Google Home devices This feature allows us to treat Google Home devices practically as a landline phone.

Another novelty that came not long ago to Google Duo is the “Low light mode“. What this mode does is improve the image by giving it more light so that we can make video calls in darker areas.

On the other hand, in recent months the application has also received new features such as the dark theme, the possibility of including reminders for calls and new calls reactions with emojis to video messages.

Now Google Duo is about to add new functionality. The latest version of the app will allow users to draw notes in the app And you might be wondering why we would want to draw notes in a video calling app.

Google's idea is that this new functionality provides a more visual way to connect with friends and family when they can't make a video callIn these cases we can send them a short note from Google Duo in which we can write and draw whatever we like.

That is, it is a function that is quite similar to the notes function that we have in Google Keep. As we can see in the screenshots, this new functionality of Google Duo includes multiple types of pencil strokes, eight background colors and six different fonts

The new Google Duo update is rolling out today worldwide, so it should roll out to users in the next few days .

Via | AndroidPolice