Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Google: Apple challenge with ‘Duo’, the app rival FaceTime – BBC

18:00 (Il Sole 24 Ore Thomson Plus) – New York, August 16 – Google challenge Apple by launching Duo, application for video that arises as a response to FaceTime. As’ doing the subsidiary of Alphabet tries to regain lost ground in the field of the app to communicate used by mobile devices even if the rivals are manifold, ranging from Microsoft Skype to Facebook Messenger. The impression, according to some analysts, and ‘that the group of Mountain View has arrived late. In light of this, Duo is banking on his simplicity ‘of use and innovative features than rival app. Among these there is’ one called “knock knock” (knock knock in Italian); in practice, for those who have smartphones with the Android operating system will be ‘possible to see a video of the person who is calling and so decide’ whether to accept the video call. It is a novelty ‘but’ according to analysts not ‘set to make a big difference. Nick Fox, vice president of Google’s mobile communications, told various US media that the Duo advantage ‘that you can’ download on any device, even those equipped with iOS operating system that is the iPhone. If on that front directly challenge Apple, Google must still deal with the app that already ‘allow you to make video calls from various mobile phones as Snapchat and Skype. Consumers may therefore not be encouraged to do the download yet another application that works like those already ‘in their use. Google can ‘maybe focus on the fact that the app and’ designed to ensure video calls with slow connections and the quality ‘of the same mutera’ depending on network conditions. Which means that the worse will be the ‘signal the same application to reduce the resolution in order to maintain a conversation without problems. A24-Spa (RADIOCOR) 16/08/16 18:00:35 (0366) 5

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