It’s been years since the video calling has made its way to the public platform. It may sound weird to hear that Google did not integrate the feature to Android-the single biggest Operating system. But now finally Google realized that it’s high time to integrate the feature into its OS.
This was accomplished by incorporating its own Duo video calling service and the ViLTE standard, the latter of which is an extension of the existing VoLTE that focuses on increased video call quality over an LTE network. By default, video calls will be routed through ViLTE, but Duo is the fallback if your carrier does not support the standard.
There are a few things to keep in mind, the first being that you and the person you’re calling must have Duo installed and activated if ViLTE isn’t used. Next up, you must also have the latest versions of the Phone, Contacts, Android Messages, and Duo apps installed.
Finally, integrated video calling is rolling out to first-generation Pixel, Nexus, and Android One devices, with the Pixel 2 phones also including the feature out of the box. Google said it is working with carriers and device manufacturers to have integrated video calling across a wider variety of devices.
Google clearly wants to push video calling as an essential feature further. This will also benefit the company to expand it’s base in video calling, messaging and chatting platforms.
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Source: Google
