![]() ![]() Google says that Allo will stop working in March 2019. You can still use Allo today, but it's time to start looking for an alternative. When it became apparent that Allo was slipping, Google integrated several of its most popular features into its Messages app. It was the first place you could get Google Assistant (it was a chatbot), and the Smart Reply feature was handy. Allo used the same phone number user ID trick as WhatsApp, and the app did have some cool features. ![]() Google's original intention with Allo was not all bad. The app dropped off the Play Store top charts within weeks of its release, and anyone who did use the app could tell you it was a wasteland. Even before that, Allo's usage was abysmally low. That's not surprising for a product Google hasn't updated in almost a year. The implication is that Allo does not have continued momentum. In a blog post, Google says that Messages (its texting platform) has enjoyed increasing usage, and it wants to continue that "momentum." Consequently, Google is giving up on Allo. This follows a decision in spring 2018 to "pause" development of Allo to focus on RCS messaging. Barely two years after launching its Allo chat app, Google has announced that Allo will shut down in the coming months (Opens in a new window). Google's seeming inability to settle on a chat platform has been something of a running joke on the internet for years, and it's not going away anytime soon. ![]()
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