[basch]

its a very Microsoft thing to do to name a Microsoft product built on (aka extending) a Google product after a different unrelated Google Product.

If my friend has a Microsoft Surface Duo and I say "open your Duo" do I mean to unfold the phone, or open the google video calling app?

[lostmsu]

Somebody is actually using Duo the chat outside Google?

[Marsymars]

I recently started using it. It's nice because it comes with E2E encryption and is usable on desktop. Alternatives all have various limitations: Skype (no E2E encryption), Signal (no calls on PCs), iMessage (only usable for Apple users), Wire (requires additional program installation and account creation).

[pthatcherg]

I haven't used the desktop Signal app, but there appears to be one:

https://signal.org/download/

[Marsymars]

Yes, Signal and WhatsApp both have desktop apps, but they're only for text chat, neither do voice calls like their mobile counterparts.

[libso]

# of users of Duo calling app is small and tending to zero. It is laughable to think that MS would name it Duo for this negligible benefit.

[basch]

I didn't mean it as a benefit, more an ineptitude. They always name things with names already in use