At one point, Google, you had a preferred messaging position on my devices.
For me, from my perspective, you pissed it away.
"Bye-bye"
Google Allo is now available on the web
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#12Did anyone else notice that QR code changes on reload? Is that simply for analytics? Or is there another purpose?
It refreshes with a new QR code every few seconds it seems. Reload not required.
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#13I'm hugely disappointed! And where's Hangouts Chat? I think Google tries to implement some sort of diversity in their product line as well!
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not to mention no one is using Allo (based on anecdotes).
I installed it today out of curiosity - 15 contacts had it installed, and google play reports over 10 milion downloads - so someone must be using it. That being said - i was perfectly fine with hangouts and hate fragmentation.
How many of those are active users though? According to this story from Jan, there are very few new downloads:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/31/google-allo-drops-of...
And some of those installs may be due to the spammy nagware scheme google uses to force people to install it so they can see messages:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/allo/QaFAiTvTEr...
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#15Did anyone else notice that QR code changes on reload? Is that simply for analytics? Or is there another purpose?
Security. It's token based.
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#17> Almost there! Just visit g.co/alloforweb in your Chrome browser. > Don't have Chrome? Get it Ah yes, we're back in 2002 again.
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#18> Almost there! Just visit g.co/alloforweb in your Chrome browser. > Don't have Chrome? Get it Ah yes, we're back in 2002 again.
Support for other browsers are coming. I am neither working on this nor a Google engineer, but I saw a tweet from relavent developers working on this.
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#19It's me, not you, Allo. I loathe communication apps that rely only on phone numbers and won't work without access to one's contacts/address book. My phone number is highly important to me from a privacy angle and I don't give it away willy-nilly. I'd feel a little more comfortable when this works with email addresses alone, which I have many of and use different ones for different purposes.
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#20Google is a complete joke when it comes to understanding people.
Allo Duo Google Chat Google Meet
Four. Four different chatting applications. Whatsapp has one. Facebook has one. Apple has one. WeChat has one. Google has four.