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Google Allo for Web - Chat on your computer with Allo

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Google Allo for Web is a web app that enables Google Allo users to chat with their friends on the computer. This is available only on Google Chrome and is available only for Android users currently.

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Finally, but no one I know uses it anyway >.<
This is cool, but only works in Chrome? Man... works in every browser, Facebook Messenger exists for iOS, Android, Windows 10 and Windows Phone (when it was a thing). It has Text, Voice, Video, Payments, Groups, Emoji, Gifs and Bots... you name it. really does rule this space from a "works everywhere" perspective. Why?... Unlike Apple, Google, or Microsoft they don't own a platform or a browser. Thank goodness.
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so does Telegram.
Yes, but everybody has facebook. Once you show a family member or friend how easy it is they pretty much give up competing products. I've even moved people off Venmo once they realized Messenger does the same thing but they don't have to drag people over to create an account... because odds are they already have a facebook account. Caveat... people who love to old-school-text are impossible to move to anything else. :-D
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I absolutely get your point. :)
I don't use Messenger because of privacy concerns with the amount of access it needs, along with Facebook's history. So when I'm mobile, I am completely disconnected from FB Messenger, since they don't allow it in mobile browsers anymore.
Hunter
Wait. It's still available on mobile web?
If a tree falls in the woods...
But of course.
What??
Allo for Web only runs in Chrome.
isn't that true about iMessage/iCloud in Safari too?
wasn't suggesting it was, only that it appears to be a trend.
I agree, it does appear to be a trend. In fact, it makes sense for them (or it would if Allo were popular!), because it would help drive users to Chrome, or lock current users in even more. It's the same reason Apple created iPod (originally you could only upload music to it using a Mac), and why iOS app development is only done on OSX.
Hunter
Google Allo is now available on the web! 🎉
Does it use wifi to your smartphone like WhatsApp? Still requires a phone number so can't use on a tablet.
Hunter
It works exactly like WhatsApp. You need your phone to be connected to a network to receive and send messages. Allo for web just beams your mobile screen.
Awesome :) Waiting for Google Now web :D
Hunter
That seems neat! I cannot wait to see Google Now/Google Assistant on the computers.
I am 10 years old
Finally ! Thanks 🙏
Nicely done!
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