The combined Google Meet and Duo app lets you share Spotify, YouTube, and even multiplayer games.

Google is introducing several new features to its new Meet app, including live sharing to share Spotify, YouTube, and even play together. An application that should better reflect modern reality.

Google has always struggled with its instant messaging services. This has resulted in many services having several applications over the years, sometimes for individuals, sometimes for professionals, some reserved for text conversations, others for calls. The result of the operation, a clear mess, confusion for users and a giant who continues to look for himself. Has Mountain View decided today to offer a single complete application? It’s possible.

Google introduces several new features for its new Meet app

Merging the Meet and Duo apps may be confusing for users, but it should provide some very interesting new features. The American company has really added cool features to this completely redesigned version of Meet. For example, the live streaming feature allows you to share Spotify and YouTube streams during calls. You can also play games such as Uno Mobile and Kahoot. This feature will look familiar if you’ve already tried SharePlay, but it’s not possible to use Spotify or YouTube with Apple’s multimedia feature.

including live sharing to share Spotify, YouTube and even play together

Other changes made to this version of Meet include scheduled recurring meetings, virtual wallpapers, and in-meeting chats. As with the Meet features coming to Duo, direct sharing has been launched in recent weeks. Duo will be renamed to Meet later this month on mobile and later on other platforms.

An application that should better reflect today’s reality

Google touted this merger of Meet and Duo as an adaptation to today’s video calling realities. Live action clearly reflects this. This is an acknowledgment that many users are using video chats as a social space, especially since remote meetings have become more common than before the pandemic.