Google has been rumored to roll out many features involving cross-device functionalities. For instance, sharing Wi-Fi passwords, moving video calls from one device to another, and hotspots to name a few. This recent report details Google’s video call transfer feature which is likely to begin with Google Meet before propagating to Meet-like apps on your Android devices.
Dubbed as Call Transfer, the feature is reportedly a cross-device functionality that will allow users to link multiple devices with the same Google account. Once you have it, you can seamlessly transfer video calls from one paired device to another without any hassle.
One such example is if you have a daily driver and a separate one for say, the kitchen. You can seamlessly transfer calls from your phone to the device in the kitchen (say a tablet), without any hassle. The folks at Android Authority uncovered the details after a teardown of the underlying code as found on v24-08-12 of the Google Play Services.
The upcoming feature is called “Call Transfer” while a previous instance recorded by tipster @AssembleDebug mentions a feature called “Call Cast” on Google Play Services v24-06-12. It is likely both of these features are different since ‘Call Cast’ could be for audio while the latest call transfer feature is reserved for video calls.
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In any case, Google is already testing out a feature to invoke video calls from the Phone app by Google that links users to Google Meet. Once you tap on the ‘Video Call’, the recipient will receive a notification asking them to join you on Google Meet. According to Google, the feature will be rolled out across Meet-like features such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
Unfortunately, there are no dates available as of now. Thus, we aren’t sure when Google plans to roll out these features. We aren’t even sure if Google will roll it out anyway as it may deem it useless while testing in the wild. However, this feature can be a game-changer allowing users to handle calls on multiple Android devices without any hassle.
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