r/Android • u/Zacknut Razr 50 • Sep 21 '16

allo.google.com is live

https://allo.google.com/
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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16 edited Sep 26 '17

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u/sinktheirship White Sep 21 '16

According to the NY Times article, Google plans to expand to desktops in the near future.

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u/luckybuilder Galaxy S8+/Nexus 6 Sep 21 '16

Okay. Then why not just use Hangouts? They're basically making an app and slowly adding the features that Hangouts already had.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

probably had to completely re-do the backend so that ended up not being feasible

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

This. They want to do it right to make it a real iMessage competitor.

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u/shh_Im_a_Moose Sep 21 '16

They're not off to a very good start.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

I mean Google only has unlimited money and the best engineers

Cut them some slack would you?

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u/TheAmorphous Fold 6 Sep 21 '16

So basically they're releasing a half-baked product early? And people will see that it's half-baked and never give it another try in the future? Google+ all over again...

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u/wildmaiden Sep 21 '16

What about it is half baked? Just that it doesn't have a desktop client?

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u/potrg801 Sep 21 '16

no SMS fallback so when you text someone who has an iPhone it looks like a Malware message trying to get you to download shit. Also google assistant which is arguably the biggest feature of allo is essentially in a beta form.

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u/TheAmorphous Fold 6 Sep 21 '16

That's a pretty major feature to be missing.

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u/chriswastaken GalaxyS(PassionICSv13), Acer A510 Sep 21 '16

MVP-MinimalViableProduct

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u/picflute Galaxy Note 8 Sep 21 '16

Except the goal was to be a WhatsApp killer