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On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Eko Prasetiyo <ekopraset...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fitur knock knock itu bisa jd blunder buat yg ga ngerti > > ---- > Google Duo arrives to take on FaceTime > // The Verge - All Posts > > Google Duo, a new video chat app that works exclusively on phones, is > getting released today. I've been using it for about a week and I can tell > you that it's fast, easy to use, and devoid of complicated bells and > whistles. You tap on the face of the person you want to call, they answer, > and you have a one-on-one video chat going. Nobody who uses this app can say > that Google didn't achieve its goal of creating a video chat app that's > relentlessly, explicitly designed solely for phones. > > That effort is so single-minded I can't decide if it's timid or bold. > > First, a bit about how Duo works. It's available on both Android phones and > iPhones. When you sign up, the app checks your phone number from your SIM > and then sends you a confirmation text. That's the whole setup process — > there are no accounts to create nor friend lists to maintain. It's tied > directly to your contacts list and your phone number. > > That's great for simplicity, but bad if you want to use Duo on anything > other than your phone. It's also unable to make conference calls, put > Hangouts-style funny pirate hats on your head during a call, or offer just > about any other fancy feature you might expect from a video conference app. > > “We thought 'amazing on mobile, nothing on desktop' was the better > approach.” > > Duo's radical simplicity is by design, says vice president of Google's > communications division, Nick Fox. "By being laser-focused on mobile," he > says, "it enables us to just make sure that we were doing a great, wonderful > job on that case. ... For us, we thought 'amazing on mobile, nothing on > desktop' was the better approach." > > There is one feature in Duo that feels genuinely new: it's called "Knock > Knock." When you receive a call on Android (it doesn't work on the iPhone), > your entire screen starts showing the live video from your caller before you > even answer. It lets you see who's calling — and lets the caller make funny > faces to try to entice you to answer. Google's promo video for Duo > emphasizes it heavily: > > In my testing, Knock Knock worked very well — and it has the added benefit > of making the call start immediately. The video call is already running the > nanosecond you swipe up to answer it. "Instead of the call starting with > frustration and confusion, Fox says, "you start with a smile because you > know it already works." I don't know about the smile, but I do know that Duo > calls started without all the "Hello, are you there?" that I typically > experience with most other video and audio calls. > > For those worried about people hijacking their screen with a video feed > while they're at dinner or a meeting, a few notes to ease your mind. First, > Knock Knock only works with people you already have saved in your contacts — > so random people won't show up. Second, you can block a caller if you like — > but take note that since Duo doesn't have its own independent friends list, > blocking a caller on Duo blocks them everywhere. Last, you can turn the > feature off entirely if you don't like it. > > Google also has done a lot of work on the back end to make things feel > immediate. It's based on WebRTC, with some added technical underpinnings to > make the call automatically ratchet the quality up or down depending on your > connection quality. It's even able to maintain the call when you switch from > Wi-Fi to cellular. After a very brief hiccup, the call just keeps on going. > > I mostly tested Duo on a Nexus 5X (running the latest Android Nougat Beta), > where call quality was mostly good — better on Wi-Fi, but never so bad that > it dropped completely. On the iPhone 6S, call quality was equally good. > However, because Google doesn’t have the same ability to integrate on iOS as > it does on Android, there are a few hassles: no Knock Knock, and you have to > unlock the phone before you answer the call. > > Duo is the second of the two apps Google announced at its developer > conference this past May. The other is the AI-enhanced text messaging app > Allo, for which Google hasn't yet announced a release date. That's odd > enough, but perhaps not as confusing as Google's overall strategy with > communication apps: instead of fixing its unified solution, Hangouts, Google > has opted to release two different (but slightly related) messaging apps: > one for video and one for text. > > Neither app is designed to replace Google's other video and messaging app, > Hangouts. Instead, Hangouts will continue to exist with a more tightly > focused mission: serving enterprise users, where Fox says we can expect "it > will increasingly be more integrated with Google Apps suite." It will still > be available for consumers, of course, but those users won't be the focus of > future product development. > > Hangouts will continue, but with an enterprise focus > > And Fox is also not especially concerned that Google is offering a > multiplicity of communication apps. He sees Google's products as split > broadly into three bands: Allo and Duo for consumers; Hangouts for the > enterprise; and services that are more carrier focused — like SMS, RCS, and > even the Phone app. Fox believes that consumers simply aren't confused by a > multiplicity of messaging apps — whether they're made by Google or not — > "People use the apps that their friends are using," he says. And he's > excited to see Duo (and, later, Allo) compete with all of them head-to-head. > > How Duo will actually compete was (and is) one of my biggest questions. Why > use Duo when Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, FaceTime, Hangouts, and any > number of other options exist? Is Google going to leverage the massive power > of the Android install base somehow? Will Duo be part of the standard suite > of Google Play apps preinstalled on the vast majority of Android phones > (outside of China)? "We haven't made decisions on that yet," says Fox. "We > want to get it out there, see how it does, and then I see distribution as > the next step rather than the first step." > > When I said up top that I couldn't decide whether Google's strategy with Duo > was bold or timid, this is what I was referring to. It's not going to be the > automatic default for all Android phones, replacing phone calls in the way > that iMessage replaces SMS. Google isn't ready to go there just yet, which > feels timid. > > Duo has to compete on its own merits > > But it's also bold. In this incredibly crowded marketplace, Google is > forcing Duo to compete on its own merits. You can invite somebody to use it > by sending them a text from inside the app, but otherwise the plan seems to > just be to see how it is received in the marketplace. I asked some variant > of "how are you going to get users for this thing" no fewer than four times > in my hour with Fox, and every time the answer boiled down to this: "We're > focused on building great apps that people love and distribution will follow > that." > > I have no idea if that plan will work: sometimes boldness is just naiveté. > But I can't help but respect the clarity of purpose behind the creation of > Duo. It's aggressively, obsessively focused on making the best possible > mobile experience for video chat, at the expense of all else. He said no to > desktop, no to conference calling, no even to allowing the same account to > work on multiple devices. For the Duo team, getting "mobile first" right > meant demanding it be "mobile only." > > Duo does one-on-one video chat very well, which is what Google set out to > make it do. 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