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Google has added another feature to its voice assistant in an unannounced update which allows you to open Google Duo – the video calling app – with a voice command.
Google Assistant has been widely used for voice searches by people across countries and its feature set is only getting enhanced by the day.
So, how does Google Assistant let you make video calls via Google Duo? Give a command to Google Assistant to make a video call to any of your contacts, and it will automatically switch to Duo to perform the task.
Follow these steps to ask Google Assistant to make a video call from your phone:
However, if you have not activated Google Duo on your Android device, you need to set that up as well. The Duo app is standard on almost all Android smartphones now.
Here's how to set up Duo:
The settings tab on Google Assistant now also shows a renamed Voice and Video call section where you can link your Google Duo account with the Assistant manually.
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