Allo never really caught on with my friends.
Allo never really caught on with my friends. In fact, nothing but Facebook Messenger and iMessages ever caught on with my friends. As far as Google services go, I'm one of the few people I know who use them in lieu of Facebook or Apple's offerings, so it's no surprise to me that Google couldn't find an audience for it's fifteenth or nineteenth "messaging" service. I mean, who's really keeping count anymore?
I do use Messenger though, but only with my non-Android friends. With my Android friends I use Hangouts and they always bitch and moan that I'm the only one using that service with them.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/google-gives-up-on-google-allo-hopes-carriers-will-sort-out-rcs-messaging/
I do use Messenger though, but only with my non-Android friends. With my Android friends I use Hangouts and they always bitch and moan that I'm the only one using that service with them.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/google-gives-up-on-google-allo-hopes-carriers-will-sort-out-rcs-messaging/
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Allo was completely neglected... like many Google projects with no apparent income or ROI, it has died and now everyone is wondering what’s next. It sounds like nothing timely or really useful will be done. I’ll stick with my Apple devices since they are still solving all the problems I need solved!
The problem will eventually sort out when x.xx% of the globe does NOT have 3G or better (or equivalent) service, and it defaults to SMS.