Move over FaceTime: Google releases video calling app Duo

This image provided by Google shows its video chatting app on mobile devices. The app, dubbed Duo, represents Google's response to other popular video calling options, including Apple's FaceTime, Microsoft's Skype and Facebook's Messenger app. The new app, announced in May, is being released Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, as a free service for phones running on Google's Android operating system as well as Apple's iPhones. (Google via AP)

By Lauren Stephenson

Aug 16, 2016

Move over, FaceTime and Skype. Google has released a one-to-one video calling app called Duo.

Unlike Google's video chatting app Hangouts, Duo is for smartphones only and offers simple one-to-one calling rather than video conferencing.

And it seems Google's key word to describe the app is "simple."

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