Google Allo

[Sushubh]

Google Duo screen sharing: This is how it should look

 

[Sushubh]

Google is “pausing investment” in Allo - The Verge

Exclusive: Chat is Google’s next big fix for Android’s messaging mess - The Verge

 

[amish]

Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to Allo, double down on RCS

Google gives up on Google Allo, hopes carriers will sort out RCS messaging

One more Google product bites dust.

 

[dextermorgan]

I hope they don't fucking touch duo. its really easy way to video call someone on android

 

[Sushubh]

it's likely duo would remain separate. duo has been a rare messaging success for google. and even on ios facetime i assume is separate from imessage app?

 

[dextermorgan]

yup. both are separate on ios. you can disable one or the other. but they come preinstalled in iOS unlike android. wish duo comes preloaded too

 

[Sushubh]

it is coming preinstalled on most new phones i think. google made it one of the mandatory apps from what i understand. might not be on chinese phones. but moto and other devices do come preloaded with it.

but i do not think enabling it is part of the activation process so the user still has to manually enable it even if it comes preinstalled.

 

[Sushubh]

Google Duo will replace Hangouts as a mandatory preinstalled app on Android phones - GSMArena blog

 

[SVK]

I feel Allo, Duo and Chat deserves 3 different threads?

 

[Sushubh]

they are all going to die or merge or discarded. i actually want to merge android messages to this as well so that all the new updates related to google's attempts to take on imessage/whatsapp can be collected at the same place.

i actually started a new thread for google chat but conversation started happening in this thread so merged them.