video chat app was released today (though i'm not sure if it was just for the apple app store and those who pre-registered in google play store). it supposedly simplifies video chat across ecosystems. i have it but haven't used it yet. anybody else try it? android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.tachyon apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1096918571?mt=8
I was just about to say that FaceTime makes this pointless on the iPhone, but if it's less clunky than apps like Tango it could really help out with chatting between Apple and Android devices.
just d/led it when I got to work, simple interface, straight to the point as far as calling others, of course nobody on my contacts list has it installed since every number had "invite" next to it now waiting on Allo to be released EDIT: OS, you are now on top of the list, lol
Pros: Simple, easy to use and the knock knock is fun but could possibly be abused if you have devious friends. Video Quality is smoother than hangouts. No need for google account to sign up. Cons: Can't use on more than one device. I was able to register my wifi tablet using my cell's number but after a while it either knocks your phone off or your wifi tablet off after awhile so you can't make and receive calls on multiple devices. no desktop client which I rarely used on hangouts but when I did it was very convenient. Have to reinvite folks all over again. I'm not sure folks are ready to jump on a new video app with so many in use already (hangouts, facebook messenger, whatspp, etc)
that's my hope. my family is mostly iphone users so this would definitely help. hopefully this will be one of the stock apps that's pre-installed on android phones to help gain traction and iphone users install because of their friends on android. knock knock is definitely getting turned off. only noticed dave2000 being the only contact so far, but it was just released this morning. will send a few invites out daily.
update: The handoff from wifi to mobile hasn't worked once for me. the video stays paused and never picks up again. Has anyone else had better luck with it?
So far, Dave's the only one on my list. I only know like 3 people that even know about it before today though.
nah. pretty sure it'll be a stock app on all of android phones... not just nexus. so it'll be on a billion devices shortly. and that's not including ios users. of course the same thing was likely said about hangouts, but it tried waaay to hard to be an all-encompassing SMS, MMS, vid chat, WiFi calling overly complicated clusterphock. there's no wonder why the new stock messaging app was released shortly thereafter. i think duo's simple one/two click to video and allo will fix that. i knew quite a few ios users on hangouts. i don't doubt that'll be the case here either.
will be one of google's 2,759 currently active messaging apps due to be released on the 22nd. will likely be aosp bound. it's supposed to compliment allo. meant to separate vid chat from SMS/MMS. will be an iMessage competitor.
For Android, it's great. For iPhone, if an Android user calls them, the phone has to be unlocked in order to answer the call, which is stupid (haven't tested iPhone user to iPhone user). Hopefully that bug can be fixed.
The non multi device support is a pretty big flaw in the whole thing. Also google needs to merge all of these messaging apps. This should be integrated into hangouts or preferably the phone app. iOS still wins for how deep the facetime integration is into the OS. There are also some other rough edges (the handoff issue was already pointed out). But that will get fixed over time. Also, Google needs to suck it up and finally support windows apps. I realize W10 Mobile is useless (and Google has no interest in helping it) but building good desktop apps is important if Google wants to keep up with Apple on these types of integrations. Apple has a complete ecosystem and Google is just throwing away the desktop market out of spite for Microsoft. Both companies need to hug it out and move on and both stand to benefit.
Yeah, I'm a Hangouts iOS user and that app itself is great. I find myself using WhatsApp more and more often for communication with non-iPhone users, especiailly out of the states. Carriers need to implement that VOLTE WiFi standard already so we can natively video call each other using whatever stock app we have on each device.
i'd have to have to search through a couple of days of google+ posts and i'd prefer not to. wasn't mentioned by any of the major blogs, but by a couple of folks who would be in the know. with the news today from telus that nougat would be released also on that day, it would make that date for allo mentioned a day or two ago a bit more plausible, eh?
