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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by rajeshp1986 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:16AM (#12545830)
In the end, I see all these apps dying. Even hangouts is crappy. They don't have a native mac client. Hangouts was a decent chat app they had. I wish they promoted hangouts as cross platform and as a competitor to both whatsapp and skype.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by sbarre on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @08:26AM (#12547524)
It's not a perfect solution but you can log into your Hangouts account on OS X's Messages app, so you can largely combine iMessage and Hangouts on your desktop in one app if you use both.

I'm often surprised how many people don't know that Messages semi-supports Hangouts (not implying that you don't)..

Obviously things like video chat don't work, so it's more like what Google Talk used to be, but it's better than keeping 2 apps open.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by e7c6ht6iad on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:12AM (#12546018)
The Mac client for Hangouts got a big upgrade. It's not really native, but more like Slack (Electron).
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by swiley on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @07:18AM (#12547100)
Electron "apps" really suck honestly. They're very slow and large and eat memory.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by rayiner on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @08:28AM (#12547542)
And battery life.
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