Duo launched at the same time as Allo, one of Google's many attempts to create a rival to iMessage and WhatsApp. That said, Allo's time on the Play Store ended in 2019 when the app shut down for good.

The install base is probably also a factor here. As a default Android app, Google Duo has more than 5 billion downloads on the Play Store while Meet only has 100 million.

Google Duo was more popular than Google Meet, at least in terms of how many times it was downloaded from the Play Store. Duo has been installed onto Android devices 5 billion times, and Meet has ...

It seems Google Duo may soon cease to work on uncertified Android devices, following the trend set by the Google Messages app.

San Francisco, Feb 8 (IANS) Google's video calling app Duo has now surpassed the 5 billion download milestone over on the Play Store.