Google unveils WhatsApp competitor

[Solitude]

Assistant seems alot faster than google now. Its like Amazon Alexa fast.
I just wish there was an Allo web client. Feels so primitive texting on a phone.

Yeah we tried it for a couple of days but went back to whatsapp because there's no web app.

 

[The_Librarian]

a brief spurt of life then it's dead.

granted, some nice touches, like getting direct weather reports, google searches etc in your chat session without having to open a web browser... and the ability to enlarge or shrink your text

But seriously, thinking it over - why post your searches publicly in a chat session? Especially when it comes to certain *ahem* websites involving fornication...

 

[SauRoNZA]

Can get the latest weather, latest news, youtube videos, my mail, calendar entries all from the same app.

I can get all that from a variety of places where I don't need to specially ask for it.

This is meant to be for chatting to people...not Google.

 

[backstreetboy]

I can get all that from a variety of places where I don't need to specially ask for it.

This is meant to be for chatting to people...not Google.

No thanks.

 

[sajunky]

Assistant seems alot faster than google now. Its like Amazon Alexa fast.

It is fast because nobody use it.

 

[backstreetboy]

It is fast because nobody use it.

So using Google is fast because nobody uses it? :wtf:

 

[sajunky]

So using Google is fast because nobody uses it? :wtf:

Perhaps not so fast, as the member just pointed this:

Assistant seems alot faster than google now

 

[backstreetboy]

Perhaps not so fast, as the member just pointed this:

Lol stop trolling.

 

[SauRoNZA]

No thanks.

See I don't see the need to really have all of that at once in a place.

But different strokes and methods for people. I see most of that off my lockscreen if I really need it.

Also if I'm going to specially ask Google...then I might as well just ask Siri without having to type it.

Technically you also get it in a variety of places as you need to ask Google multiple times, you can't get it all at once.

 

[Hamster]

Assistant seems alot faster than google now. Its like Amazon Alexa fast.
I just wish there was an Allo web client. Feels so primitive texting on a phone.

But Google Now has all my stuff waiting for me automagically... :erm:

 

[backstreetboy]

See I don't see the need to really have all of that at once in a place.

But different strokes and methods for people. I see most of that off my lockscreen if I really need it.

Also if I'm going to specially ask Google...then I might as well just ask Siri without having to type it.

Technically you also get it in a variety of places as you need to ask Google multiple times, you can't get it all at once.

We'll know more next week what their plans are. Until then everything is just speculation.

 

[SauRoNZA]

We'll know more next week what their plans are. Until then everything is just speculation.

Huh? Whose plans for what now?

 

[Zoomzoom]

Following the launch of Google’s messaging app ‘Allo‘ and its accompanying Assistant bot, security experts are up in arms over Google reneging on a promise better protect its users. NSA-contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden did a hot take on Allo yesterday, after its US launch, and came to the conclusion that it was nothing more than a honeypot for US surveillance efforts.

http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/09/22/snowden-on-google-allo-dont-use-it/

 

[Zoomzoom]

The problem with Google Allo goes well beyond its awful privacy configuration


After its launch on September 21, Allo hasn’t stopped generating controversy. Although the functionality of the application is good, its terrible privacy configuration has made many turn away from it. Although that is important, it’s not the only problem with Allo, since it seems that Google doesn’t understand the importance of a real global launch.

If you value your privacy, then Allo isn’t for you. It’s a fact is the new messaging application from Google not only requires access to almost every part of your telephone, it’s also one of the least discreet and with the worst privacy configuration that there is right now.

In short, Allo doesn’t encrypt your end-to-end communications by default (like the vast majority of apps of this type). This type of encryption can be activated in incognito mode, but doing so would sacrifice the most characteristic option of the application: Google Assistant. Furthermore, during the I/O presentation, Google announced that it wouldn’t store the conversations, but this hasn’t ended up being true. As it turns out, Google will store all the information that you send in the app in order to improve the service.

As a consequence, Allo has created a public debate in which many have expressed their opinion in recommending users not install the application if they want to keep their privacy intact. Among them, Edward Snowden, a key figure in the movement to create awareness in digital privacy, has strongly recommended that the user community should not install Allo.

https://www.androidpit.com/problem-with-google-allo-beyond-privacy