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Re:Google Poly is shutting down by perryizgr8 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:11PM (#25278563)
Duo is pretty big. It's pre-installed on every single android phone, and on Samsung phones it is the default video calling app too.

Also, you cannot remove it. You can uninstall the icon, but the underlying code is so deeply integrated into the OS that people can still call you and you will get a Duo video call even after uninstalling it.

Quite a menace.

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Re:Google Poly is shutting down by pqb on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:22PM (#25278711)
That's interesting. I have a Fairphone 3 with a stock Android 10 and it does not come with the Duo pre-installed. The icon for video chats in Contacts app is greyed-out. After installing the Google Duo, it becomes active.

Is it possible to remove/deactivate it via adb or other tools?

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Re:Google Poly is shutting down by perryizgr8 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:29PM (#25278791)
> Is it possible to remove/deactivate it via adb or other tools?

I haven't tried, I don't mess with my phone too much because I don't want to trip the Knox fuse.

I'm surprised an Android 10 phone does not have Duo pre-installed. Does it have the standard Play store and associated google apps?

Duo has 1 billion+ installs in play store, which basically means they pre-installed it on every phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

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Re:Google Poly is shutting down by pqb on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @12:53PM (#25279100)
Yes, it is a standard Play Store / Google Services on Fairphone. However, it comes with a very small amount of applications pre-installed. I was really surprised when I turned it on for the first time.
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