As of next September 2025, Google Meet calls will replace the old service of Google Duo calls, and the latter will finally be closed foreverwith the elimination of all your data.
In this way, Google will finally end a migration process that began almost three years ago, with the announcement of the end of the Google Duo app in June 2022. A surprising decision for the Popularity of the call service.
But that was Time of changes within Googleespecially with regard to messaging and calls, as Google Meet users know. A migration that is confusing until today.
Basically, the original Google Meet app was abandoned and changed its name to Google Meet (original); Already change, The Google Duo app changed its name to Google Meetinheriting functions of both.
Over time, the new Google Meet app has been evolving independently, but there were still parts that referred to and used Google Duo technology; Something that the company has not been able to eliminate until now.
Notice of the closure of Google Duo on Google Meet
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That means that users They could still make Duo calls and access several of its functions within the Meet app, even if Meet already had its own technology to make calls. Finally, we say goodbye to this confusion and other things.
And Google has confirmed that Google Duo’s complete closure assumes that Many Meet functions will disappearincluding family mode and moments, low lighting mode, and more.
For users, there will not be a big difference apart from losing those functionalities; Google Meet already allows you to make calls and video calls, and offers a modern experience and with functions such as live subtitles.
At present, Duo calls are used only in cases where a member of the conversation does not have an updated version of the app; In September, these users will have to Update.
The most affected users will be those of Nest devices with video callsince these do not yet support Meet’s improved calls and continue to use the Google Duo platform.
That means that Nest users will be abandoned for nowsince they will not be able to receive calls made with the Google Meet app. The company has not clarified when it will launch an update for these teams, or even if it will launch it.
There is still bad news: with the closure of Google Duo, the company is going to Eliminate all service users data. Therefore, now when we open Google Meet, a warning is shown that we can lose data.
Among the data that will be deleted are the call history and the video messages we have made with Google Duo. The good news is that we have a simple method to make a backup.
To do this, we have to open the Google Meet app, open the menu in the upper left and click on “Settings”. Next, we enter the section “Calls (old version)”.
Here we must enter the “Call Service Account” section, and click on “Manage old call history”. Here we will find the option to export the history or eliminate it before Google.
As we have said, most users will probably not notice the difference, but this Google announcement shows that the company is still suffering from the doubtful decisions made years ago.
