When you’re on the phone with someone, it may sometimes be lot more pleasant to see who you’re speaking with. You can perhaps just wish to present what you now observe to the other person. When the other party has Meet, you may effortlessly transition to a Google Meet call thanks to a new chip in the Google Phone app.
A new video call chip has begun to show up for certain users during ordinary phone calls made using the Google Phone app. It is positioned just over the other control buttons, which include speaker selection, mute, keypad, and more. Pressing the button initiates a video conversation with the other person on Google Meet instantly, ringing their phone concurrently with the ongoing audio connection. This facilitates switching as much as possible.
You are prompted to “Invite this person to use Meet calling so that you can video chat” and see a large button to begin creating a message if the other person does not have Meet.
It can take some time for everyone to get access to the video call chip
For the time being, only a select few may choose this choice
Version 125.0.613053162-publicbeta-pixel2023 seems to have the feature, and our tipster has verified that version 124.0.608164421-publicbeta likewise has it. Although this behavior has only been seen on Pixel phones so far, it’s conceivable that additional devices are getting access to the feature considering that the Google Phone app is accessible for other phones as well. Given that the functionality works with various Phone app versions, it’s probably a server-side update that is independent of the app’s version. It may take some time before this new habit spreads extensively since not everyone is observing it now.
It was previously possible to initiate a Duo/Meet video conversation directly from the phone app, prior to Duo being integrated into Meet. All you have to do is touch a contact and choose the video call option instead of the voice button by default. Instead of needing to choose which mode of communication is most suitable or convenient before the conversation begins, the new video call chip is easy to find and facilitates switching to video when necessary.
