Duo

Google Duo sees increased engagement and improved ratings by optimizing for larger screens

With the surge in stay-at-home activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Google Duo team saw a significant increase in people using the app to stay connected with friends and family, school and work. The team took the opportunity to improve the user experience by optimizing the app layout on tablets and creating a tabletop layout on foldables for hands-free video calling.