Google Duo increases the number of people in group video calls to a maximum of 12

The rapid outbreak and the extremely complicated evolution of the COVID-19 epidemic caused governments around the world to issue strict social isolation / travel restrictions, hundreds of millions of people forced to Study, work from home via online connected applications.

Before this situation, Google has quickly launched a practical update for its famous Duo chat application, adding many useful features, such as increasing the limit of participants in the chat. Group video chat from 8 to 12 people, helping people who are working from home to participate in group chats with more members.

This is a server-side change from Google and has been implemented for all Duo users, meaning that users do not need to update or take any action themselves with the Duo application on. my device.

You can now start group video calls with up to 11 participants, using the service immediately. The official announcement made by Google Duo's Senior Director of Products & Design, Sanaz Ahari on Twitter is as follows:

Last year, Google doubled the number of people in a group chat from 4 to 8 and is currently 12. This is a welcome addition, but still quite modest compared to its competitors. prime. Currently, Skype supports up to 50 participants in group video calls, while FaceTime supports 32 users, as long as they all have Apple devices.

Google's Meet by Hangouts apps even support up to 100 participants, but only for G-Suite business users. Better than WhatsApp, however, it currently only allows group video calls of up to 4 people.

Google Duo is available on the web, Android and iOS platforms, you can make video calls if you have a laptop, smartphone and computer with webcam.