Google to shutter smart messaging app ‘Allo’ in March 2019 – Company announcement
Allo will continue to work through March 2019. Until then, users will be able to export all of their existing conversation history from the app.
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As part of that effort, Google says it’s “pausing” work on its most recent entry into the messaging space, Allo.
Allo was announced at Google’s I/O conference recently, & uses the search giant’s powerful back-end algorithms to power a new messaging environment akin to Facebook’s Messenger or WhatsApp, but with additional features like one that makes smart automated replies on your behalf or an AI powered assistant.