Google Duo majorly improves low-bandwidth video quality with new codec

From Zoom, to Skype, to Google Meet, there’s no shortage of apps you can use to video call your loved ones during these days of isolation. But one of the simpler ones is Google Duo, the big G’s alternative to Apple’s Facetime. Today the company announced a slew of updates that make the app a more reliable solution for your video calls Perhaps chief among them is a new AV1 compression algorithm that appears to improve video quality rather dramatically. Here’s one side-by-sid comparison of video quality at a mere 30kbps: You can read more about the new codec here. Google…

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BY Napier Lopez