Google unveils its chat application and put it at the forefront – The Dia.com.do

New York .- Google took the e-mail when it introduced Gmail in 2004. Today is the first form of electronic mail in the United States.

But as the e-mail loses the support of a growing segment of the population, Google is struggling to provide relevance to their messaging tools or introduce new ones that resonate among younger users.

Now , Google will test again with another application called video chats with Duo. The application works on mobile devices that use Android, Google’s operating system, and iOS, the Apple Inc. works with Wi-Fi and cellular networks, and changing the type and speed of connection and adjusts the video quality automatically.

in addition, Duo uses phone numbers instead of a Google or Gmail address, making it easy to call friends, family and other people appearing in the contact lists smartphones.

the current application of video calls and messaging company, Hangouts requires a Google account, limiting adoption, especially in emerging markets. WhatsApp and Messenger (Facebook Inc.), Skype-now owned by Microsoft Corp. and FaceTime, Apple used phone numbers to grow faster.

Confusion

confusing array of communication options braked to Google. Has two e-mail service, Gmail, the largest e-mail service in the United States according to unique visitors, according to ComScore, and Inbox; three products text messaging, Hangouts, Messenger and Allo, coming out soon; and now two chat services with videos, Duo and Hangouts (offering text messaging and video calls).

“Google missed an opportunity by the requirement tenerunaidentidad in Google to communicate with others” said Ankit Jain, a former member of the company and executive SimilarWeb Inc., which measures the use of web pages and applications for mobile devices.

Hangouts was ranked 84 among Android apps on UnitedStates in July, based on the premises and use, according SimilarWeb.

So was behind Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Snapchat. 18 months, the head of Google, SundarPichai, commissioned Nick Fox, a veteran with 13 years in the company, which makes expansion fix. Soon after, his new team formulated a strategy and began to develop Duo and Allo.

How will Fox to reach others? The first task is to eliminate the excessive variety of communication services Google. Hangouts will be a service for workspaces and offer video conferencing, especially for desktops and laptops office, Fox said.

It will be more integrated software work Google, like Docs, Sheets and . slides, queserámásfácil share

better technology

the second tactic: to provide what according to Fox is a better technology to new services to reach the rivals

<. p> Google was late in other technologies and caught up, noted Fox. Gmail was established in 2004, more than six years after Yahoo Mail, but the offer mountains of free storage Google won hundreds of millions of users.

Chrome appeared in 2008-more than a decade after the Internet Explorer of Microsoft- and today is the most popular web browser, partly because of its speed and frequent updates.