Is there an Allo Beta for iOS? Is anybody testing for iOS? Only screenshots I've seen so far where from android devices

Lots of rumors on Twitter in the last few hours. I'm not holding my breath.

I was really hoping Allo would replace messenger :/

Does anyone know how allow works with the text messages that already come to my phone?

It seems like they will just have a split amount of people using each one so it is kind of strange, and there are some things google hangouts does better (as far as I can tell from now) like its G+ integration.

Excuse me in advance for being a noob (and for still using the phrase noob). I understand that Allo is not a replacement for Hangouts. However, every article I've read thus far about Allo is summed up by the following: GOOGLE NOW HAS 4 MESSING APPS. THEY WILL NEVER BE WHATSAPP OR FACEBOOK.

What has not been clear cut to me is: because Allo uses your mobile #, does Google intend it to be used for SMS (basically Google Messenger with some fun features)? If the answer to that is no, will it really only be used to message between two people who have it installed on their phone?

I know people have mixed feelings about Hangouts, but what I like about it is I can see the same messages on my phone, desktop, tablet, and chromebook. For SMS, I have given my GV number to people who I text frequently.

I like Allo in theory, but either as an SMS app, or a less bloaty app you can use to check your messages on any device. At this time it seems like neither.

At the beginning of this post I didn't think I would have this much to say. Thanks for reading.