Because I don't see why they couldn't just have baked this Allo and Duo new apps right into Hangouts and frankly I can't see many people happily jumping on another messaging app from Google yet again.
And playing games with an AI is supposed to help us get things done? 😮
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Yep… seems more like desperation rather than innovation.
It will be a pain if chat windows disappear from Gmail.
We use Hangouts all the time here. Please, +Google+, don't take away yet another thing we like.
I have enough apps…this is getting a little ridiculous!
This can't replace hangouts – duo is one to one video call. Allo is a messaging app (because we need another messaging app.) Still….
hopefully, Allo will be what Hangouts should have been, which is one messaging platform for everything. That said, I'll not be holding my breath
+Adi Peshkess Well that's not very likely given that they've already split text and video messaging into 2 separate apps. There's an awful lot of fragmentation happening at Google lately for some reason.
It looks like Allo and Duo will use the same account info, though. So they might be two separate apps, but should contain all the same relevant info, contacts, etc
It's still two apps that they could have foregone altogether and just updated Hangouts. Obviously they're both google apps so you'd hope they use the same account info
I agree. I think they should be pushing more integration into the hangouts app (or Google Messenger, which I think works better anyhow, but doesn't use Google Voice). Frankly, though, the way Google has been ignoring Google Voice is making me want to give it up and go back to my regular number. If Allo allows me to send text messages from my computer, I may just do that. (actually, I might anyhow… the Join app I use might work just as well for SMS)
I can't comment on Google Voice, the full service never made it over to the UK