Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app

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Post by mikeevans » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:02 AM UTC

Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
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Post by donw » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:14 AM UTC

I wonder how many users will come to depend on it before they shut it down.

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Post by gravypod » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:16 AM UTC

donw wrote: post #2

I wonder how many users will come to depend on it before they shut it down.

Google reader will always be missed.

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Post by piyush_soni » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:17 AM UTC

Still says "Unregister" (or Pre-register if you hadn't registered) for me (I'm in India).

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Post by otto_ortega » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:17 AM UTC

Yey! Just what the world was missing, yet another instant messaging app...

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Post by iagooar » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:17 AM UTC

donw wrote: post #2

I wonder how many users will come to depend on it before they shut it down.

I give it 2 years. Maybe only 18 months. I don't even know how many different (and confusing!) chat applications Google has launched already. Seems like their engineers, when they get bored, write a chat app.

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Post by sunnyps » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:19 AM UTC

This has SMS fallback!

https://support.google.com/allo/answer/6376011

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Post by putlake » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:19 AM UTC

I'm surprised Google Duo hasn't become more popular. It's a great cross-platform video chat app. I especially like the feature where you can see the other party before you answer their call. I have taken calls because of that feature that I otherwise wouldn't have.

It's better than FaceTime because it works on Android. It's better than Skype and Google Hangouts because your cellphone number is your identity; you don't have to log in with any usernames or passwords. Extremely low friction.

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Post by shmerl » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:20 AM UTC

Google should open up their protocols, or use open ones. It's quite sad that Google of the past (which supported XMPP) is gone.

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Post by Waterluvian » Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:20 AM UTC

Why isn't it always end to end encryption? I'm getting really paranoid and crochety in my old age of 29, as all I see is a tool to make me the product.