{"id":170581,"date":"2023-10-04T05:13:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T04:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=170581"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:54:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:54:52","slug":"android-will-soon-be-able-to-stream-video-calls-between-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/technology\/android-will-soon-be-able-to-stream-video-calls-between-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Android will soon be able to stream video calls between devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, Google has been working to improve how Android devices and various accessories work together.\u00a0Very soon, this work may receive an even greater boost thanks to the \u201cDevice Groups\u201d feature, which, among other things, will allow video calls to be transferred between smartphones (or tablets).<\/p>\n<p>Google is already developing a feature called \u201cLink Your Device,\u201d which allows you to link Android devices together under one common account.\u00a0Users can then receive and make calls on these devices (you can receive a call on a tablet), as well as use one access point on linked devices.\u00a0Now details have emerged about other features Google is working on.\u00a0The company appears to be moving away from the &#8220;Link Your Devices&#8221; feature and renaming it to &#8220;Device Groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-170581 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/news\/technology\/android-will-soon-be-able-to-stream-video-calls-between-devices\/attachment\/pasted-1967\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-170583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-691x1536.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-338x751.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-170583'>\n\t\t\t\tImage source: 9to5google.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/news\/technology\/android-will-soon-be-able-to-stream-video-calls-between-devices\/attachment\/pasted-1968\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-170584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-1-691x1536.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-1-338x751.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-170584'>\n\t\t\t\tImage source: 9to5google.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/news\/technology\/android-will-soon-be-able-to-stream-video-calls-between-devices\/attachment\/pasted-1969\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-170585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-2-691x1536.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-2-338x751.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-170585'>\n\t\t\t\tImage source: 9to5google.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Apparently, users will be able to add devices to a group, united by a common Google account.\u00a0A pop-up window before initial setup displays two options for using this feature.\u00a0One is the ability to forward an active video call between devices, and the other is to share internet access when other devices are offline.<\/p>\n<p>The first option most likely works using the cross-device SDK, which Google details on the Android developer site.\u00a0Presumably, Google Meet will be the first application to receive support for the new feature.\u00a0The second option is the same function that was announced earlier, only in a new formulation.\u00a0The launch date for Device Groups has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, Google has been working to improve how Android devices and various accessories work together.\u00a0Very soon, this work may receive an even greater boost thanks to the \u201cDevice Groups\u201d feature, which, among other things, will allow video calls to be transferred between smartphones (or tablets). 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