Although Google Meet is a very useful video calling application that is often used in the professional field, there is no need to remember the COVID times, when we used applications such as WhatsApp more, to see that it also works for personal meetings. But Google wants to improve its use further and already knows how to do this: Switch from voice to video call with one tap.

If you have an iPhone, this will look familiar since FaceTime is included with the phone app; This means you can easily, intuitively and quickly switch to a video call with the touch of a button. This is exactly the experience Google is looking for Integration of video calls into the phone application.

From voice to video call with one touch

This new function appears in its simplest form: ‘Video call’ button with the usual camera icon This has already started appearing in regular voice calls to some contacts in the Google Phone app. This feature is in beta testing and will only appear on a select number of Pixel phones, as reported by Android Authority.

So if we’re having a standard voice call and we tap that button with the camera, a Google Meet call will start When you ring the phone of the person you are talking to while the voice call is still active. If the person receiving the call does not have the Google Meet application installed, an invitation to download and use the service will appear instead of this button.

The fact that the function is in the testing phase means that you will not see it on your Android phone, but Google is working on it and if everything goes well, it will only be a matter of time before you see it on other devices in the coming period. ecosystem. Because at the same time The development of this button has a strategic function: This will mean a change in habits as users choose to use the native Android video calling app as an alternative, at the expense of third-party apps that are very popular on WhatsApp.

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