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Trying to chat with others I find difficult. Other services that use your number will attempt to tell others you're trying to send them a message if they're not

Trying to chat with others I find difficult. Other services that use your number will attempt to tell others you're trying to send them a message if they're not signed up yet. Allo? Not so much. In fact many of my techie friends, two of which worked at Google, are not even on it and it doesn't work with any of Google's existing chat apps. So I have to go out of my way to try to get friends on it. Nope. Too much friction. Gave up. The AI is okay but didn't seem much better than, say, Google Now. So I didn't really understand why I would even use it. Dou is kinda the same way and I really wish they would have combined them. You could even let the AI work in the video mode and if it overheats something it can add information.

MBCook 10y ago
I believe it IS Google Now, I think it's been rebranded as Google Assistant. The only difference is that it's directly in your chats with other people like a third person.
- visarga 10y ago
  Compared to Google Now, Google Assistant is more conversational. So it basically does: commands, trivia, funny chat replies and when it doesn't know what to do, web search. I checked and it doesn't do common sense judgements. "What is heavier, a dog or an elephant?" -> returns web search Also, doesn't find conditional references. "What is the population of the city I am currently in?"
IanCal 10y ago
> Other services that use your number will attempt to tell others you're trying to send them a message if they're not signed up yet. Allo? Not so much. Doesn't it send them a text with a link to get allo? I'm certain it sent my wife a text like this.
- hyptos 10y ago
  yep it does that why I instantly uninstalled !
- BinaryIdiot 10y ago
  Oh. Two of my friends said they got nothing so I assumed it did not. Now I don't know what happened there. Honestly I'm torn, too, as that seems like it would be necessary but also annoying. Sigh.

MBCook 10y ago

I believe it IS Google Now, I think it's been rebranded as Google Assistant. The only difference is that it's directly in your chats with other people like a third person.

visarga 10y ago
Compared to Google Now, Google Assistant is more conversational. So it basically does: commands, trivia, funny chat replies and when it doesn't know what to do, web search. I checked and it doesn't do common sense judgements. "What is heavier, a dog or an elephant?" -> returns web search Also, doesn't find conditional references. "What is the population of the city I am currently in?"

IanCal 10y ago

> Other services that use your number will attempt to tell others you're trying to send them a message if they're not signed up yet. Allo? Not so much. Doesn't it send them a text with a link to get allo? I'm certain it sent my wife a text like this.

hyptos 10y ago
yep it does that why I instantly uninstalled !
BinaryIdiot 10y ago
Oh. Two of my friends said they got nothing so I assumed it did not. Now I don't know what happened there. Honestly I'm torn, too, as that seems like it would be necessary but also annoying. Sigh.