Last March, group calls on Duo was increased from eight to 12 participants, with the company announcing last month that it was indeed working on increasing the limit-no exact figure was given at the time though. That said, you will need to sign in to your Google Account before you will be able to use family mode on Duo.Ī couple of days ago, Google confirmed to Android Police that it was working on plans to expand group calling participants to 32. This will allow you to doodle and play around without the need to be bothered about accidentally dropping the call. While you are in family mode, Duo will hide the buttons to mute and hang up.

When switched on, Duo’s interface is quickly transformed into a kid-friendly version this time with fewer options and less risk of drop calls.įamily mode lets you draw the screen in real time and apply what looks like Snapchat-like masks and effects on yourself. You can access it during a video call by simply tapping the three-dot button on the bottom right, then choosing Family in the pop-up banner.

Per Android Police, Duo also added a Family mode, which was announced a few weeks back.

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