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> even though Duo has 10x more installs than (classic) Meet.

How many of these "10x more installs" are due to Duo coming preinstalled by default on Android, which AFAIK isn't the case for Meet? A quick look at two Android phones I have nearby showed both have Duo installed (and never opened), while none have Meet.

A lot, but being preinstalled is what makes Duo practical. It's effectively Androids' replacement for FaceTime, always there directly in the dialer.

Last I checked it was quite popular in Asia.

Isn't that because Duo comes installed on new Android phones but Meet doesn't? It might be that Meet has more daily users.

Meet is installed on all Android phones as part of the Gmail app. It just doesn't have an app icon.

If that's true then there's no way in hell Duo has 10x more installs?

Fair, but those don't count as downloads on the Play store.

Oh lol I guess that's true.

I think of Duo as "one of the google apps I will never open" whereas I have meetings in Meet. I guess I figured that Meet got a pandemic bump? But when you put it that was it does indeed make even less sense.