The best apps are the ones that address a genuine problem or void in our lives. Inbox made it easier to manage incoming email, especially from mobile; Chrome made it simple to keep browser tabs synced ...

In a turn of events pretty much everyone outside of Google saw coming, the search giant is apparently poised to wind down its Google Allo messaging app, with an announcement coming “soon.” That’s ...

Google’s Allo may be the youngest messaging app in the search giant’s family of six, but it’s quite possibly the sharpest. It features the Assistant, Google’s AI-powered tool that serves up restaurant ...

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Google Allo is done. Announced in 2016, it was Google’s big attempt to build a Google chatbot right into your text message conversations. Allo’s death signals something important to the tech industry: ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Weeks after closing the book on Google Talk — better known as Gchat — for good, Google is ...

The chat app simply wasn't popular enough, so Google is shutting it down and moving the focus to Messages. Allo users will be able to continue using the app until it goes offline at the end of March ...

Watch out Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, Google has a new messenger app on the loose. It's called Allo and Google is calling it a "smart messenger" because it combines communications with its new ...

Google will soon be shutting down its smart messaging app, Google Allo. Back in April, Google product chief Anil Sabharwal confirmed that Google Allo had "not achieved the level of traction that we’d ...

An earlier instant messaging app for Android and iOS mobile devices from Google. Introduced in 2016 and integrated with the user's phonebook, Allo supported disappearing chats and encryption. By ...