The third effect, for Diwali, shows a sparkler moving from side to side. After going from the left side of the screen to the right side and back to the left, the sparkler heads to the other side of the screen one last time with the words Happy Diwali right behind it. There are also six regular effects that have been available on Duo for some time including one that places your image inside a painting hanging up on a wall; one with translucent heart bubbles that float up from the bottom of the display; the traditional effect that turns you into a cat wearing sunglasses; an effect that has you looking through a window at the kitchen table; another effect that shows you wearing heart-shaped glasses while the words “I Miss You” pop up all over the screen; and one last one that places you under the sea with jellyfish floating around you.

Duo also has a number of filters that can be used to make a Black & White video, blur the background to produce the Bokeh effect and even make the colors more saturated. Google has been working hard to add various features to its video chat app which, as we pointed out earlier, is available for both Android and iOS phones.