Google Duo now works simultaneously on your phone and tablet, but not your computer

  • You can now connect your Google Duo account to multiple smartphones and tablets.
  • All you need to do is ensure all devices are connected to the same Google account as your primary device.
  • However, Google Duo doesn’t work yet on computers, not even Chromebooks with Android app support.

If you’re a regular user of Google Duo – the video chat app that Google confusingly spun out from Google Hangouts – you likely have been frustrated with the fact that you can only use the app on one device.

Today, perhaps to line up with Independence Day here in the States, Google is lifting that restriction and enabling you to use Duo on multiple phones and tablets. However, your computer – even your Chromebook with Android support – is still a no-go.

For those of you who don’t use Google Duo regularly, during the sign-up process you must connect your phone number to the app. Even now, you still need to sign up for Duo using your phone number before you can do anything else. However, previously you couldn’t share that account with any other devices, which now is possible.

Upon signing into Duo, you will at some point today or in the future be greeted with this screen:

A screenshot of the notification that Google Duo now supports multiple devices.

That’s Google’s announcement of the policy change. Once you’ve seen that, your account is eligible for multiple-device usage.

Grab your second device (a smartphone or tablet) and fire up Duo. If the same Google account is already connected to that secondary device, then you simply acknowledge that and you’re all set: you can use the same profile on two different devices.

If you have a different Google account (or none) on the secondary device, you will have to add the one that’s on your primary device so that the secondary Duo knows to connect the two.

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Using Duo on your primary and secondary device is pretty much the same experience. However, there is one notable thing that you can do on the secondary device but not the primary: sign out of your Duo account. On the primary device, you are only able to delete your account, but on the secondary device, you can either delete your account entirely or simply sign out of Duo to then sign in with a different account.

This makes sense as your phone number is connected to your Duo profile, and you can’t delete your phone number from your phone, so you thus can’t “sign out” of your Duo account. If you change your phone’s number (by swapping the SIM, for example), you would have to delete your account, not sign out of your account.

If this is all confusing, well…welcome to the Google ecosystem. Regardless, it is nice that we can finally use Duo on all the devices we own, even if that for some reason doesn’t yet involve Android-supported Chromebooks. Hopefully, that will come soon as well.

Source: Android Zone

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Deal: Get the Amazon Echo Show for just $130 ($100 off)

The Amazon Echo Show.

The Amazon Echo Show arguably kickstarted the smart display market when it launched just over a year ago. But if the $230 asking price has been just out of reach for you, the online retailer has a pleasant surprise in store.

Amazon has slashed $100 off the device, which is an all-time low price for the smart display. There is one major caveat, however, as you need to be an Amazon Prime member to take advantage of the sale.

See also: Amazon Prime Day deals, dates, and everything else you should know

The deal applies to both the black and white models and will be live from “now through Prime Day.”

The Echo Show is essentially Amazon’s Alexa on a touchscreen, bringing the same voice commands and expansive skill-set to a new form factor. The display also allows users to see content from Alexa (e.g. weather forecasts, flash news briefings, shopping lists), in addition to video content. Don’t count on a YouTube app being available though, as Google and Amazon have been bickering over its inclusion for months now.

Amazon’s smart display also delivers video calling functionality, Bluetooth capabilities, and support for a variety of smart home devices.

Keen on taking advantage of this deal? Then visit the Echo Show store listing via the button below.

Source: Android Zone

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WPBeginner Turns 9 Years Old – Reflections and Updates

It’s the ninth fourth. On 4th of July, nine years ago, I started WPBeginner. Can’t believe we’ve come such a long way.

Like every year, I want to take a few minutes and do a quick recap of all the major things happening in business as well as my personal life.

WPBeginner Turns 9

WPBeginner Story

I started using WordPress when I was 16 years old and started WPBeginner at age 19 with a single mission: make WordPress easy for beginners.

Since then WPBeginner has become the largest free WordPress resource site for beginners.

For those of you who’re new, you can read the full WPBeginner story on our about page and use the Start Here page to get the most out of WPBeginner.

Personal Updates

My son, Solomon, is now 20 months old. Time is flying, and he’s growing up so fast. Amanda (my wife) and Solomon have been joining me on a lot of my business trips, and we have taken several fun trips as well.

Since the last WPBeginner anniversary post, we’ve been to Turkey, Dubai, Pakistan, Mexico (Cabo, Punta Mita, Cancun), and Bahamas (twice). Solomon also attended WordCamp US in Nashville which brings his WordCamp attendance count to a total of 3.

Balkhi Family 2018

Earlier this year, I received an outstanding Young Alumnus award from University of Florida (alma mater). I also got to attend the college football game from the President Suite and got to meet tons of amazing people.

Outstanding Young Alumnus Award at University of Florida - Syed Balkhi

I have started working out of a physical office 3 days out of the week. This has been great because it allows me to focus and get more done. Also when I’m home, I can spend more time with Solomon. Last year, I expanded my real estate portfolio and added a Wells Fargo building. I have created my office on one of the floors, and it’s nice to have the bank as my tenant.

Wells Fargo Building - Syed Balkhi

WPBeginner Updates

Thanks to you all, WPBeginner has continued to grow in double-digit percentage (year over year). There have been several notable updates from last year, that I’d like to highlight.

1. We passed 100,000 YouTube subscribers

One of my goals last year was to pass 100,000 subscribers on YouTube before I write this anniversary post. We did it.

We’re now at over 102,000 subscribers and our videos have over 10 million views.

If you haven’t subscribed yet, then please go ahead and subscribe to WPBeginner on YouTube (it’s free).

Now I’m just waiting to get my 3rd YouTube play button :)

I have a Gold Play button and Silver play button from my other website, List25 which has over 2.3 million YouTube subscribers.

2. SSL and Push Notifications

You might have noticed that WPBeginner is now using SSL. Starting July, Google Chrome is marking all websites that are not using SSL as insecure. Even though we don’t collect any payments on WPBeginner, we went ahead with the change because we value our readers security.

If you’re looking to switch to SSL, then see our step by step guide on how to get a free SSL certificate.

As part of adding SSL, we also added Push Notifications to WPBeginner. You might have already noticed the notification to subscribe. It’s a great way to stay updated with new posts and guides from WPBeginner.

3. Audit and Rewrites

One of our goals this year is to do a major content audit of our older posts. WPBeginner has over 2000+ free WordPress tutorials. We have expanded our team, so we can bring our older posts up to date in a timely manner.

We are also preparing for a major content overhaul once Gutenberg launches. This is going to be a huge challenge for us later this year.

4. Improved WPBeginner Server Infrastructure

Just about every other week, I get an email from a user asking about the secrets behind WPBeginner’s blazing fast speed. The answer is infrastructure and caching.

WPBeginner Speed 2018

As WPBeginner grows, we need to continuously invest in our server infrastructure. Our WordPress hosting partner, HostGator, has worked to build us a completely custom infrastructure spread across multiple data-centers to ensure high availability. This past year, they improved our hardware as well as improved the caching layer that we’re using on the site.

I have been a HostGator customer since 2007, and WPBeginner has been hosted with them since day 1 (see my full HostGator review). I want to thank their entire team that helped us with the upgrade.

Note: WPBeginner is using HostGator’s multiple dedicated servers (not shared hosting).

On top of HostGator, we also use Sucuri for our web application firewall and MaxCDN as our CDN provider both play a major role in our overall website speed.

Please refer to our ultimate guide on how to speed up WordPress for more details.

Product Updates

It still surprises me when I hear people say: “I didn’t know WPBeginner was behind that product”. We even have a products page in the main website menu.

Our suite of WordPress plugins are now running on over 6 million websites (doubled from last year). Below are some notable updates:

MonsterInsights

MonsterInsights is the most popular Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. It helps you see all the stats that matter right inside your WordPress dashboard.

MonsterInsights has become one of my most favorite WordPress plugin this past year because of the brand new reporting interface and the updates our team has pushed.

The main reason why I love MonsterInsights is because it helps me grow our business with confidence. I sincerely believe that it’s easy to double your traffic and sales when you exactly how people find and use your website. MonsterInsights helps me make data-driven decisions to grow our business.

It offers custom reports for Publishers and Ecommerce sites with actionable insights that I can use to grow our revenue.

MonsterInsights Publisher Report

If you aren’t using MonsterInsights, then you’re seriously missing out. You can download the free version of MonsterInsights from WordPress.org, but you really need the MonsterInsights Pro version to see the true benefits because Pro version comes with more robust tracking and reports.

P.S. MonsterInsights is active on over 2 million websites.

WPForms

WPForms, our drag & drop WordPress form builder is now over 2 years old. We have stayed true to our mission: build the most beginner friendly WordPress form plugin, and it has resonated tremendously well with the larger WordPress community.

WPForms has passed over 10 million downloads and is actively running on over 1 million websites. The best part is that we have an average rating of 4.9 out of 5 with over 2100 five-star reviews.

This past year we introduced a brand new surveys and polls addon, which I believe offers the most interactive reporting in the industry.

Aside from that, we added the NPS field, new Drip email marketing integration, multi-column form layout, 100+ pre-made form templates, custom form template generator, and more.

You can download the free version of WPForms or get WPForms Pro to unlock even more powerful features.

OptinMonster

OptinMonster is the most popular conversion optimization software for WordPress. It helps you generate more subscribers and revenue from the traffic you already have by recovering abandoning visitors.

Our team recently released version 5.0 that comes with a brand new drag & drop campaign builder, more powerful targeting and segmentation options, and so much more.

The best part about OptinMonster is that it integrates with all popular email marketing services, so you can easily use it to grow your email list and get more subscribers.

WP Mail SMTP

This past year, we acquired WP Mail SMTP, the most popular SMTP plugin for WordPress. It helps users fix the WordPress not sending email issue.

This is a huge problem for the larger WordPress community including our users, so we decided to acquire this plugin and completely revamp it to make it beginner friendly.

It integrates with Gmail, Mailgun, SendGrid, and basically any other SMTP solutions. Whether you’re running a blog, membership site, or an online store, you need this plugin if you want to make sure that your WordPress emails are getting delivered.

This is a 100% free plugin, and it’s now active on over 900,000 websites :)

Envira Gallery and Soliloquy

If you read our last year’s anniversary post, then you know that we also had Envira Gallery, a premium WordPress gallery plugin, and Soliloquy, a premium WordPress slider plugin.

This past year, we decided to sell those two WordPress plugins, so we can better focus on our fast growing suite of growth tools.

I wrote about it on my personal blog: 5 lessons from selling a multi-million dollar WordPress plugin business.

One of the “problems” of a fast growing business is that you have to carefully choose what to focus on, and this decision has already helped us see great success in 2018.

Thank You Everyone

I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported us in this journey. I really do appreciate all of your retweets, personal emails, content suggestions, and the in-person hugs / interactions at the events.

You all are AMAZING and without you, there is no WPBeginner.

I look forward to another solid year ahead of us, and we will be planning something big for the next year because it’ll be our 10th anniversary.

Syed Balkhi
Founder of WPBeginner

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