Hello and Goodbye Allo.
Not interested in yet another messaging product.
Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
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Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#302Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use WhatsApp Web quite a lot, it's not perfect, but it's a nice interface to use when you have access to a desktop/laptop and can continue your conversations there.
But forget to touch your phone for a couple of minutes and the web session will automatically disconnect because the phone went to standby mode, which apparently interferes with the sync between the mobile application and the web browser session. My experience is that I can only rely on the web for a short conversation until my phone goes to sleep.
This obviously depends on the phone OS, but in Android 7.0 you can add an exception for whatsapp from the deep sleep the phone enters.
Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#303>but everyone at both school and work these days shifts seamlessly from mobile to dekstop and back
Maybe the communication protocol is based on Hangout. Some people reverse-engineered the protocol and open-sourced it. It's called hangups.
I'm not sure, but was WhatsApp mobile-only in the past and someone reverse-engineered the modified XMMP protocol? never used it.
Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#304Not sure how common this is, but everyone at both school and work these days shifts seamlessly from mobile to dekstop and back. This has been one of the main reasons we tend to use WhatsApp and Slack, even for corporate communications as silly as that sounds -- because you can type long messages on it on the keyboard/desktop but also have access to it on the go. What I don't understand is -- given Allo had a blank sl…
This is exactly why so many of my friends and family use Hangouts née Gmail Chat. We can use it in the browser at work just by keeping Gmail open in a tab. No IM applications to install or concerns about whether we're running Windows, OSX, or whatever. Then the conversations follow when you log off whatever desktop or laptop you're on via the mobile app. About half of us use Android so it either comes standard or you…
> We can use it in the browser at work just by keeping Gmail open in a tab.
There's also https://hangouts.google.com/
Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#305Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly crap like this is devaluing their brand. At this point I have 0 faith that Google will stick to any of their random products (Google Wave, Buzz, Reader, Code, Google+) and therefore I avoid using them.
It really is devaluing the brand. Bring back Google Talk.
Google had corporate/cross platform messaging before it was cool. Gmail, Google Talk was a killer combo for our small teams.
Dumb dumb dumb.
Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#306You know what I really need? A new messaging app, so people can complain more about me not using whatever messaging app they're using.
I'm not saying that email and sms/mms don't have flaws, but at least I don't have to consider whether the recipient of my message has whatever random app is popular today. Have we seen the end of wide spread open protocols, because huge tech corporations are hell bent on controlling communications?
Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#307Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those portfolios are not even remotely compatible. Hangouts is the only viable product there. Meanwhile, all of Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp and FB are each very strong products with extremely, almost worrisomely strong network effects. Clusterfuck is a bit vague and maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but you've got to admit that it's truly hard to think of Google as a company that makes best-in-class consumer softwar…
Google never was a company that made best in class consumer software products. Search (maybe Maps?) is the only thing it's ever excelled at.
what about gmail?
Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#308Great, another App we'll get bundled in our Android devices. (>_https://telegram.org/
Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#309Not sure how common this is, but everyone at both school and work these days shifts seamlessly from mobile to dekstop and back. This has been one of the main reasons we tend to use WhatsApp and Slack, even for corporate communications as silly as that sounds -- because you can type long messages on it on the keyboard/desktop but also have access to it on the go. What I don't understand is -- given Allo had a blank sl…
This is exactly why so many of my friends and family use Hangouts née Gmail Chat. We can use it in the browser at work just by keeping Gmail open in a tab. No IM applications to install or concerns about whether we're running Windows, OSX, or whatever. Then the conversations follow when you log off whatever desktop or laptop you're on via the mobile app. About half of us use Android so it either comes standard or you…
My lord, why isn't Allo just Hangouts 3? They had an established userbase, a name, a brand, and useful cross-platform tools already.
I get the desire to start fresh, but that's a lot of established traction in a very crowded market to just throw away.
Re: Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
#310Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those portfolios are not even remotely compatible. Hangouts is the only viable product there. Meanwhile, all of Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp and FB are each very strong products with extremely, almost worrisomely strong network effects. Clusterfuck is a bit vague and maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but you've got to admit that it's truly hard to think of Google as a company that makes best-in-class consumer softwar…
Google never was a company that made best in class consumer software products. Search (maybe Maps?) is the only thing it's ever excelled at.
GMail was definitely best in class for web mail when it rolled out, and if something has taken its lead, I don't know what it is.