Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Today at I/O, Google debuted its new chat app, ‘Allo’ as well as a companion app (for video) ‘Duo.’ Duo is lightening-quick, encrypted and works on both iOS and Android. The team worked with WebRTC to create a new protocol that allows for instant creation of an encrypted connection, a feature that keeps you from answering the call only to be faced with a blank screen while you wait on both ends’ video feeds to catch up. It uses the same technology — as well as hand-tuned and optimized codecs, bandwidth probing and other quality measures — to ensure that not…
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