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Google Allo and Duo, new messaging apps

32 pointsby r0mualdabout 9 years ago

14 comments

sgnelsonabout 9 years ago
Can anyone explain the management at Google and why they continue to produce these products that seem to be copies of copies of programs that have been failures, before they even launch? Is it like an octopus where the 7th tentacle doesn&#x27;t know what the 1st is doing?<p>I&#x27;m very curious about the decision making process at Google these days.<p>If the world needs anything, it&#x27;s one more messaging app. &#x2F;s
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lazarus101about 9 years ago
Oh look, Google&#x27;s 67th messaging app attempt. I&#x27;m sure it&#x27;s going to be a killer this time... Preset responses, seriously??? bwahahahaha, only a socially challenged googler could&#x27;ve thought of something like this.
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Numberwangabout 9 years ago
No desktop app means it will never be able to compete with Skype. I don&#x27;t even see a reason trying out the phone apps.
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untogabout 9 years ago
This is absolutely baffling. Not a replacement for Hangouts, doesn&#x27;t integrate with SMS... it&#x27;s dead before it has even started.
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profetaabout 9 years ago
Features only an engineer could think of.<p>i can imagine clicking even once on the preset responses and then receiving a barrage of curses from the other side from having used it.
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Nullabillityabout 9 years ago
Chat and VoIP networks with no desktop clients...? I&#x27;ll stay with Hangouts, thanks.
kinkdralmost 9 years ago
&quot;Allo is a smart messaging app that makes your conversations easier and more expressive&quot;<p>For a moments I though they found the cure for socially awkward people like myself :)
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profetaabout 9 years ago
And yet another feature-limited non-standard IM solutions to alienate everyone even more.
cuchoialmost 9 years ago
So I should have 3 different Google messaging apps? Please stop
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defiancedigitalabout 9 years ago
End to end encryption ... with bots examining your chat to provide adds. Maybe we should call this end to _and_ google :-)
SlashmanXalmost 9 years ago
Have to say, that restaurant booking example is pretty handy. Can&#x27;t see myself using this though
noxTokenabout 9 years ago
Is this supposed to replace Hangouts or be a Hangouts that&#x27;s attached to your phone&#x27;s SMS? Also, where does this mean Voice&#x27;s SMS capabilities are now canned?
Zigurdalmost 9 years ago
Do these have anything to do with Jibe, or is this yet another orthogonal dimension to messaging at Google?
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breakingcupsalmost 9 years ago
This is just becoming ridiculous..