In June, Google introduced that it’s bringing the options of Meet into the Duo app — and that transformation begins right this moment. Google isn’t technically eliminating both app; Duo’s getting rebranded as Meet with the options from each apps, and Meet’s staying Meet.

Sure, it sounds fairly complicated, however by the top of this course of, there shall be simply two apps: “Meet Unique” (the usual Meet app that can ultimately get phased out) and the brand new Meet that mixes each Meet and Duo. The mixed app will allow you to conduct each group and one-on-one calls in addition to maintain conferences.

If you have already got Duo put in, you received’t need to do something. Final month, Google pushed a Duo replace that provides the options from Meet, and right this moment, Google’s rolling out an replace on iOS and Android that can change the Duo emblem to the Meet icon. By September, anybody who downloads the Google Meet app will obtain the brand new Meet / Duo combo. Google notes that duo.google.com will redirect to meet.google.com/calling over the following few months.

Now, should you’re a Meet person, you don’t need to do something proper now should you simply need to preserve utilizing it because it has all the time existed with none extra perks from Duo. Google might ultimately finish help for the unique Meet, so simply preserve that in thoughts should you want to proceed utilizing the app as-is. Google says it is going to inform unique Meet customers after they “ought to migrate to the brand new app expertise” however doesn’t specify when that can occur.

This variation provides one other layer of complexity to Google’s internet of messaging apps however is an indication that Google’s consolidating the companies it already has moderately than simply including a brand new one. Earlier this 12 months, Google introduced that it might shut down Hangouts in November in favor of Google Chat. Google additionally ended third-party help for Google Discuss (aka GChat) final month.