Google Duo Lets You Send Self-Destructing Photos

Google Duo has been at the receiving cease of a constant stream of new features and QoL upgrades. Today, Google's video calling app lets users transport self-destructing photos to contacts. The feature is rather useful for sharing 'sensitive' images and is missing from a lot of popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Messenger. Telegram has offered the feature for a while and information technology's proficient to encounter other apps catching on.

The implementation of the features, however, leaves a lot to be desired. For starters, 1 needs to initiate the sharing from some other app such as Google Photos or your device's gallery app. To share a photograph via Duo, locate the photo yous'd similar to send and scan the share bill of fare for the Duo icon.

Once you select Duo, you'll be taken to an edit screen which offers the usual spread of editing features such as a cropping tool, pencil and the likes. One time you've shared the photo, information technology shows upward as a square thumbnail with the time sent and a message that it volition expire in 24 hours. You can open the prototype on your end to see it once again, salve it locally on your device or delete information technology. You tin't send multiple images just however and have to ship them 1 by one.

On the recipient'south cease, they'll go a notification stating that you shared a photo with them and will see the same thumbnail and decease date as you. They can also tap to expand the epitome, then either reply immediately with a video message or call you. Weirdly, recipients can't reply with an epitome of their own, simply videos or calls. Things are far from perfect and hopefully, Google irons out the kinks with subsequent updated. If y'all desire to try this out, make sure you're on the latest Duo version 56. You should receive an OTA update for the app shortly.