{"id":130698,"date":"2016-05-19T10:23:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/19\/so-allo.html"},"modified":"2016-05-19T10:23:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T16:23:25","slug":"so-allo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/19\/so-allo.html","title":{"rendered":"So … Allo?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, look, Google throws another new application that overlaps (but not completely) a bunch of other apps they have at the wall to see if it will stick.<\/i><\/p>\n

Allo is sort of a chat \/ IM app, but not meant to replace Hangouts, but it lets anyone sign in without a Google account, but it doesn't have video, but it does have smart replies and AI, but it doesn't have a multi-person component, but it does have AI recognition of what's in pictures you share, but it doesn't have a Windows version announced (just iOS and Android).<\/p>\n

Confused? You're not the only one.<\/p>\n

So … I guess I can use this for … mobile-only chatting … with friends who don't have or don't want to use Google accounts. Is that right? <\/p>\n

Why some\/all of this functionality wasn't loaded into Hangouts, or why Hangouts functionality wasn't loaded into it, so that we have a single product to use rather than 1.5 products … I have no idea.<\/p>\n

Also, Google? Hey, y'know, some of us still have keyboards<\/i> and use computers and laptops<\/i> and yet, somehow, strangely enough, want to be able to chat with people.<\/i><\/p>\n

I mean, this looks like it's a nicely-done product, but I just don't understand the road map here that Google's using. Or if there is one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nGoogle’s Allo puts AI in a messaging app<\/a><\/span>
\nIt’s a smart messaging app that incorporates Google’s machine learning.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Allo is sort of a chat \/ IM app, but not meant to replace Hangouts, but it lets anyone sign in without a Google account, but it … Continue reading “So … Allo?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41448,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/18\/google-continues-consolidating-into-hangouts.html","url_meta":{"origin":130698,"position":0},"title":"Google continues consolidating into Hangouts","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 18-Mar-14 10:18am","format":false,"excerpt":"Which, frankly, is fine by me. 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