En Actualidad Gadget We have talked on several occasions about a new messaging application with which Google wanted to fully immerse itself in the world of instant messaging, an application called Google Allo. Allo? Yeah, an application that hit the market several months ago and is currently not used by almost anyone that's why many of you probably don't remember. During its presentation at the last Google I / O, Google stated that this application would only be available for mobile devices. First error. Although PCs and Macs are being sold less and less, not everyone is willing to have to use the phone every time it rings to have a conversation, especially if they are doing any other task in front of the computer.
Telegram was one of the first messaging applications to be multiplatform, which has made it one of the apps that is gradually being more adopted by users. WhatsApp also has a similar service, although through a web service that forces us to have the phone always on. To try to overcome this important disadvantage, the guys at Google have changed their minds and to try to boost their messaging platform they will launch a desktop version.
Moment We do not know if it will be an independent Telegram-style application or if it will use a WhatsApp-style web service. We also do not know if it will be available for all platforms (Windows, macOS, tablet, Linux). What is clear is that the main limitation that this application offers us is at this point and Google, no matter how much Google, is not capable by itself of changing our habits once we have gotten used to it. The launch of an application or web service could be an important push so that the Google Allo messaging platform can begin to be an option among users.
The launch of Google Allo, which was not going to replace Hangouts at first, has been a stupid move, in my opinion, since once it had gotten users to get used to Hangouts, you have forced them to change app for a new one that is not cross-platform and that also does not offer the same functions as the previous one. It's as if Google wanted to start from scratch trusting that all Hangouts users would switch to Google Allo without a second thought.