So I take a sec to check my hair, ensure I don't have food in my teeth, and position the camera to avoid filling the frame with chins.By the time I'm ready to take the call, I've missed it by a long shot.It's as stable as any video chat I've used, even on crappy connections. If you've ever tried video chat, you know the pain of diagnosing connection problems, determining usernames, and figuring out how the app works. It's simple like phone calls, because Google imagines Duo as something like the evolution of phone calls.With Duo, all you do is call the person from the app. If you're on i OS, you get a push notification that someone's calling. On Android, Duo calls come through like phone calls, ringing loudly and taking over the screen.I probably know this person, because they'd need my number to make the call.So it's almost definitely not a nude stranger.After using Duo for about a week, I can say it is among the best video-chat apps around.Google's clever back-end work lets you switch from Wi-Fi to cellular with just a brief stutter.

Knock Knock allows the person receiving a video call to see a preview of the person calling them before they pick up.Think of it like peeking through a digital peep hole before you agree to open the door.Beyond that, there’s not much else that really makes Duo stand out from the pack of existing messaging services.A message to them is They can't deceive us with crap like this or any other form because we know our Daddy too much to believe the World on him. The messaging platform wars continue, and Google is expanding their portfolio with a new bare-bones video chat app called Duo.