New dwell sharing options, together with the power to look at movies collectively and consider the identical on-line whiteboard, are coming to Google Duo on Samsung’s new Galaxy S22 gadgets and Tab S8 tablets. Google and Samsung introduced the brand new options in the course of the launch occasion for Samsung’s new flagship telephones and tablets. In addition to Galaxy smartphones, the characteristic can also be coming to Pixel gadgets, according to Engadget.
Google says Duo’s dwell sharing characteristic works throughout many fashionable apps including Jamboard, the corporate’s collaborative whiteboard software program that lets as much as 50 folks write and draw on the identical floor. Different supported apps embrace YouTube for watching movies collectively, Google Maps, Samsung Notes, and Samsung Gallery. Non-Samsung and Google smartphones gained’t have the ability to share their apps on a name, however they’ll nonetheless have the ability to watch alongside.
Google Duo has supported screen sharing on Android for some time, however beforehand, it’s been restricted to one-on-one calls. The brand new performance is extra expansive and seems designed to compete with Apple’s SharePlay feature for FaceTime on iOS. Samsung says the brand new Duo characteristic is accessible from the brand new dwell sharing menu within the Duo name display.