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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by guessmyname on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @08:45AM (#12547653)
But forget to touch your phone for a couple of minutes and the web session will automatically disconnect because the phone went to standby mode, which apparently interferes with the sync between the mobile application and the web browser session. My experience is that I can only rely on the web for a short conversation until my phone goes to sleep.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by reitanqild on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:07AM (#12548249)
Used to be my main reason to promote Telegram.

Of course now that Facebook owns Whatsapp and has decided (again) to show users what fools they where and who is the boss, all the more reasons to promote Telegram, matrix, irc etc ;-)

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by JensRex on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:47PM (#12551585)
This is why I use Telegram, and why I don't use Signal. I love the desktop client.

My hands are big, and I've always hated writing on phones. On my computer I can blast away messages on my glorious mechanical keyboard.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by Spakman on Thursday September 22, 2016 @10:33AM (#12557023)
It's not without a few (non-dealbreaker, at least for me) bugs but Signal-desktop works well.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by JensRex on Thursday September 22, 2016 @10:44AM (#12557106)
Last time I looked, Signal Desktop required Chrome, which I won't use for privacy concerns.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by ifcho on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:14AM (#12547822)
This obviously depends on the phone OS, but in Android 7.0 you can add an exception for whatsapp from the deep sleep the phone enters.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by pmarreck on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:58PM (#12550002)
As a datapoint, I don't believe this occurs on iOS.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by hobarrera on Thursday September 22, 2016 @07:10PM (#12561100)
It does not. It's specific to the Android app, and also happens when using the android app on Sailfish OS and alike.
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