Comments on post “Google Allo”
Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
A ton of people scratched their head when Google announced two new mobile communication apps at IO: Duo (Google's "Apple FaceTime") and Allo (Google's "Facebook Messenger"). Now that they've revealed more details about the app, it's starting to make more sense. The potential here comes from Google Assistant platform, which will be rolling out to Google Home (Google's "Amazon Alexa").
The Verge's @backlon has a detailed review (text and video) of the new app.
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Björn Bakker
@bjorn_bakker · Co-founder & CEO @Blindfeed
@rrhoover what would be your bet on Allo?
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Sar Haribhakti
@sarthakgh · Learning
@rrhoover @backlon The app preview notification on Android is very interesting. Probably laying foundation for Instant Apps.
"If they’re on an Android phone, something new and intriguing happens. Google is calling it an "app preview notification," and basically it shoots a notification directly to your Android device instead of going through SMS. Your friend will get a notification that looks and acts almost as if they had the app installed in the first place, message content and all. It means they won’t incur any SMS fees, either. Your recipient can reply within the notification, or tap on it to install the app."
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Venkatesh Thallam
@vthallam · Founder @ Jobsplane
@sarthakgh @rrhoover @backlon Yes! That's great. A friend pinged me and i had no idea that i have Allo. It showed me an option for instant reply or download. This will definitely help in user acquisition too.
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Leonel More
@leonelmore · Build your product with us: 1950labs.com
@rrhoover @backlon makes me wonder if Allo launch is why we don't see GBoard for Android yet :)
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