Google Duo on Android may lose the need for a phone number to make calls - Android

Code for the Android version of Duo, Gogle’s consumer-facing video-chat client, suggests that users will be able to make and receive calls with an email address instead of with a phone number. This is how things work on the Duo website, so it makes sense for the functionality to make the leap to Android. That...

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Code for the Android version of Duo, Gogle’s consumer-facing video-chat client, suggests that users will be able to make and receive calls with an email address instead of with a phone number.

This is how things work on the Duo website, so it makes sense for the functionality to make the leap to Android. That said, it’s not set in stone how the implementation will work on Android, with 9to5Google suggesting that this will only work if you also have a phone number attached to your account.

To me, that seems like a lateral move since it doesn’t open up the platform to people without phone numbers like kids.

Google Duo is working on “Reachable with email address” setting pic.twitter.com/BbCiOhoW0Z

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 30, 2020