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Google Lays Out Messaging Plans, Including the Fate of Allo and Hangouts

Kellen December 5, 2018

After a couple of new reports attempted to share Google's timeline for shuffling around its messaging apps, possibly killing a couple of them, the company decided to explain their plans in their own words. In a way, this should provide some clarity on the...

Google Allo is Reportedly Dying Soon too, Which is…Oh Who Cares (Updated)

Kellen December 5, 2018

UPDATE: Google confirmed today that Allo will stop working in March 2019. They also tried to clear things up on Hangouts and their other messaging apps. Google Allo, the messaging app Google created because they like making messaging apps as a hobby, not...

Ugh, Let’s Talk About Google and RCS and “Chat” and the Death of Allo and…Ugh

Kellen April 19, 2018 162

It's Thursday evening, I've got a cold glass of sake in hand, the Blazers are getting just got torched, and I'm nursing a stuffy nose, all while awaiting J. Cole's new album, and The Verge drops the most frustrating Google-related messaging story on us I've...

Googler: We’re in the Process of Making Allo Usable on Independent Devices

Tim March 12, 2018 26

For people like myself, Allo is difficult to use. While I appreciate the mobile app experience, things fall apart when it comes to using the web client and app simultaneously, then switching phones every now and then. As of right now, using Allo on the web...

Google Appears Ready to Turn Android Messages Into Android’s iMessage

Kellen February 9, 2018 48

Back in August, a reliable source of ours told us that Android Messages would gain a web portal, just like Allo's, that you would access via QR code. We assumed that Google would have launched it by now (that was 6 months ago), but only yesterday, the folks at...

Google’s Product Head of Allo and Duo Leaves for Facebook

Kellen January 8, 2018 21

Allo and Duo are still a part of Google's confusing messaging situation. It's tough to tell if many of you use either of them. Since they are Google products, though, we've spent plenty of hours talking about the ways they have evolved and where Google has...

Allo was Down for Many, Should be Back Up Now

Kellen January 4, 2018 43

Our inbox exploded this morning (2 emails) with news that the insanely popular Google messenger app, Allo, was down. I know, you can imagine the difficulty in deciding which Google messaging platform to use in its place, since there are enough to give you a...

Monday Poll: Which Messaging Service Do You Use the Most?

Kellen December 4, 2017 192

The last time we asked which instant messaging app you all were using, it was 2011 and Google Talk was still a thing. Not only that, but Google+ Huddles was in before Hangouts took over, Beejive was an app that people used, and most of you just settled for...