Google Duo is now fully gone, with the company completing its migration to Google Meet as its sole video calling service.
While the Google Duo brand went away in 2022, legacy features remained within the Meet app. This deprecation was originally set for September 2025, but then delayed to January 2026. It’s been slowly rolling out since then and has now completed.
The rather prominent “Meet calling will replace Legacy (Duo) calling” card that could not be dismissed at the top of the Meet homepage disappeared in recent weeks. Over the past few days, we’ve seen legacy call history, along with the corresponding “Calling (legacy)” settings menu, disappear on all our devices.
Legacy features like Knock Knock (which was a signature feature at launch that shared incoming video feeds), Family, and Mirror mode are also gone. Additionally:
- Moments (alternative is on-device screenshot)
- Data saving mode (alternative is Meet saver mode)
- Low light mode (alternative is video lighting adjustment and Portrait touch up for some users)
New features available include live captions, screen sharing, in-call chat, stackable effects, and cloud encryption. On the privacy front, Google Meet calling “defaults to being reachable at your email.” To change, go to Settings > General and enable “Only contacts can call me,” which corresponds to contacts.google.com.
Meanwhile, Google notes that “incoming group calls are supported on Nest displays but outgoing group calls are not supported from Nest speakers or displays.”
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