Internet search giant Google is reportedly planning to roll out a "web client" for its calling app Duo, according to a report by 9to5Google.

The report cited a source familiar with the development and stated that this roll out will happen in the coming weeks.

The web client of the Google Duo is said to be functional on Google’s own Chrome browser and as well as other web browsers including as Mozilla Firefox and Apple’s Safari with browser notifications for incoming calls. For authentication purposes, it is reportedly going to make use of Google account, as even the app version uses this as an optional authentication.

As of now the report does not clarify how many features from the app version of Google Duo will make their way to the desktop version but 9to5Google speculates that it will at least come with support to leave video messages and "knock knock" (which turns on a live feed of the caller before you answer).

This move from Google comes almost a month after the company announced that its video calling app has clocked 1 billon downloads on Play Store. Justin Uberti, creator/engineering lead of Google Duo confirmed it in a tweet. Uberti tweeted, “Another milestone for #GoogleDuo in an exciting 2018. Enjoy a high quality Duo video call on all your new phones, tablets, and Chromebooks - we've got a lot more in store for 2019.”

For the uninitiated, the Duo app was launched in 2016 as a competitor to Skype and Apple’s FaceTime. Along with Duo, Google had also launched Allo, a messaging app, which the company announced will be completely shut down by March 2019. In an official blog post the company said, “Allo will continue to work through March 2019 and until then, you’ll be able to export all of your existing conversation history from the app. We’ve learned a lot from Allo, particularly what’s possible when you incorporate machine learning features, like the Google Assistant, into messaging.”