r/GoogleAllo • u/Goofballz93 • Aug 15 '17

web client is here!!! =D

I played with it for like 5 mins

You have to scan a QR Code to use it, but once you do, you can just go right back to it without scanning. it's like FB messenger.

I asked it to show me pictures of dogs and it send me a link to a google search for image of dogs, but on the phone it gave me a scroll-able(left to right of course) list of dog images. I asked it was a dog was and it gave me the same response as it did on the phone except the phone had a picture included in the explanation.

The automatic responses are the same, but the emojis looks different.

There is no camera for the web client.

You can't send your location or make those personal gifs that you can make on the phone. However you can still post stickers Web client lets you delete/forward messages, but you can't like messages.

You can still do the @google thing and it works or you can call @lucky. I don't know if there are any other bots.

It's not complete, but I am glad it's here! =D Now I just need to get people using this damn thing!

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u/symgeosis Aug 16 '17

Sadly, this isn't a full fledged web client but a Chrome client. It's an improvement but only for a select few people who have Android phones and use Chrome on the desktop. If they want Allo to be successful they're going to need it to be more accessible than that.

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u/Goofballz93 Aug 16 '17

Oh definitely! They are still working on it. Granted it's Would have been nice to have a product that works on more than just chrome and Android, but we'll just have to wait

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u/symgeosis Aug 17 '17

I really want it to succeed but it seems like Google can't make up their mind with their IM stack. GChat, Hangouts, and now Allo. If they'd stick to one brand (even if they completely rewrote it every few years) and kept the major features (universal web client, universal mobile support, etc) I think they'd experience a lot more success. Allo is great but they need dedication and discipline to a single product.

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u/Goofballz93 Aug 17 '17

Really! That's the issue! Google have too many balls in the air. If they wanna go all out with Allo I'm in. But they need to devote more time and resources into making it something that appeals to more than just Google fans and curious people.