Are you looking for a high-quality video calling App for your Mac? Without surfing much, install Google Duo and enjoy high-quality audio and video calls from your Mac. Other than calls, you can also share personalized notes, photos, audio, and video messages even when your friends aren’t online.

Google Duo is a freemium video calling app with a user-friendly interface to connect with friends and family members in a single touch. Like Whatsapp, Google Duo uses end to end encryption to secure the user data. Hence, there is no worry about any privacy issues. The video/audio quality in Google Duo will be adjusted according to your network speed. Moreover, the new video codec technology allows the user to make good quality video calls even in poor bandwidth conditions.

Google Duo Mac

Features

Make HD Video calls: If your Mac or MacBook has a built-in camera, you can make HD video calls to your friends and family across the world.

AR effects: While making video calls, you can use various AR effects to have an amusing video call experience.

Group video call: Google Duo Mac supports creating a group with up to 12 participants. Use this feature to make a video call with 12 persons at once.

Knock-knock: As the name suggests, you can knock a person’s phone or computer screen with the live video of you even before they answer, and similarly, you can see the live video preview of your caller.

Low-light mode: When you are making a video call on Duo, you don’t have to worry about the poor lighting. It adjusts the lighting quality even during bad light circumstances.

How to Install Google Duo on Mac using Bluestacks?

Unlike other communication tools, you can’t find a native Google Duo app for Mac devices. But, you can rely on Android emulators like BlueStacks to access Google Duo on Mac.

Step 1: At first, download the BlueStacks Android emulator on your Mac.

Install Bluestacks

Step 2: Launch BlueStacks and login with your Google account. Without signing in to your Google account, you can also access Google Play Store.

Step 3: On the BlueStacks home screen, find and open Play Store.

Step 4: Find Google Duo using the search bar and tap Install to download it.

Click Install

Step 5: The Duo app will be installed within a few minutes, and you can start using it on your Mac OS.

How to Use Google Duo on Mac

There are two ways to make Google Duo calls on Mac. You can use either the app installed via Bluestacks or the official web version of Google Duo.

Web version

Step 1: Open Safari or any web browser on your Mac and visit the Google Duo link.

Step 2: Click on Try Duo for Web.

Step 3: On the prompt, sign in with your Google account.

Step 4: Enter your Google account login credentials. If you already installed and used Google Duo with the same account on your smartphones, the contacts will be synced automatically.

Step 5: Click on the contact name and select either Video Call or Audio Call.

Note: You can also use the search bar to find contacts.

Google Duo for Mac

Using the Google Duo app on Bluestacks

Step 1: Launch the BlueStacks and open the Google Duo app that you installed as guided above.

Step 2: Upon launching the app, grant permission to the on-screen prompts.

Step 3: Enter your mobile number and go through the sign-in process.

Step 4: After signing in, select the contact and communicate with them by choosing either Voice or Video call option.

Cast Google Duo Video Calls on Mac using iOS/Android

If you find it hard to install Google Duo on Macbook, you can cast video calls to Mac PC from your iOS or Android smartphones. It will give you a bigger picture of your video calls. For this method, you need to install reflector 3 on your Mac. At the same time, your Mac and iOS device must be on the same network.

Step 1: Launch Reflector on your Mac.

Step 2: On the Android device, pull down the notification screen and click the Cast menu.

iPhone/iPad – Open Control Centre and tap Screen Mirroring.

Step 3: The wireless devices connected to the same network will appear on the screen. Select your Mac from the list.

Step 4: Enter the code that displays on the Mac screen.

Google Duo for Mac

Step 5: With your Smartphone mirrored to the Mac screen, launch the Google Duo app and start making video calls.

Our thoughts on Google Duo

Google Duo is a familiar name in the video calling community. Hence, you can download and use this app without any query. Even though it doesn’t have a dedicated app for Mac, the web version provides all the features that you access on the smartphone version. If your Mac doesn’t have a built-in camera, you can purchase a webcam on any online shopping websites.

What’s your opinion about accessing Google Duo on Mac? Share your feedback in the comments section.