Anyone given it a try here yet? Really liking it so far. I'm not sure how many people will use it given the amount of group messaging and chat apps out there, but I really like the google assistant feature.
It's a nice app but it took them too long. They tried to make hangouts the one size fits all messaging app when the architecture of hangouts/gchat never fit the mold of a messaging protocol for mobile devices. They need to find a way to merge Allo with Duo and the stock messenger app and then mandate the combined app as the default messaging app for Android devices. There was a time when Google had reason to fear these types of aggressive moves because companies like Samsung were ready to push alternative operating systems. Those days have long passed and there is no alternative to Android anymore. For once, Google needs to blatantly copy Apple and create a unified messaging framework for Android. Hangouts failed because at its core it is a PC based messaging system that uses virtual phone numbers so it could never properly associate with a phone's number. Well they actually can do that on Sprint but I'm sure Google is locked into some exclusivity deal with Sprint that is preventing them from integrating hangouts directly with a phone number.
I agree. It would be dope if this became the default SMS app for Android. I also hope there's a web app for it or a desktop app so that I can use it on the computer too. I hardly use hangouts, it's almost an after thought for me.
Agree w/ some of the previous comments. Add SMS or this thing will die. Plus adding in a desktop/chrome extension would make this a winner for me. I get why most people don't like Hangouts and how convoluted it is to navigate, but it makes SMS/messaging seamless across my Android tablet, phone, and Mac. If Google tries to neuter it (which it sounds like), I'm not sure what to do.
Agreed, I use Pushbullet too for having all these devices talk to each other. But I think you need to pay to type SMS replies from the desktop. That's why I like the Hangouts Chrome extension, although I hate the update UI.
Yeah, I use Hangouts a lot to mix between desktop and phone. But the recent update to the chrome extension SUCKS.....I hate how it's a separate window now. I'm liking the Assistant in allo so far.
1) SMS replacement 2) Voice commands 3) Web Client 4) integrate with existing google chats IF you associate with your gmail address to communicate with folks using hangouts (pipe dream) As it is now, everytime I want to message someone, I tell myself. Do I really want to go through the trouble of explaining to them what Allo is?
