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I wonder if this means Hangouts is going to be deprecated soon.

• sidcool 9y ago
  I doubt it. Hangouts is a widely used tool in the Enterprise.
  • hdhzy 9y ago
    Not to mention no one is using Allo (based on anecdotes).
    • devrelm 9y ago
      To be fair, the primary reason that my wife and I don't use Allo is because it was never available on the web. EDIT: And now after signing in, I realized that what I /really/ need is a desktop app...
    • ergo14 9y ago
      I installed it today out of curiosity - 15 contacts had it installed, and google play reports over 10 milion downloads - so someone must be using it. That being said - i was perfectly fine with hangouts and hate fragmentation.
      • cpncrunch 9y ago
        How many of those are active users though? According to this story from Jan, there are very few new downloads: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/31/google-allo-drops-off-the-top-500-apps-chart-on-google-play/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/31/google-allo-drops-of... And some of those installs may be due to the spammy nagware scheme google uses to force people to install it so they can see messages: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/allo/QaFAiTvTErk/rQfo0TLZFgAJ https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/allo/QaFAiTvTEr...
        • ergo14 9y ago
          I honestly have no idea, I installed it out of curiosity to see the web interface built in polymer. Ideally I'd just see google stick to hangouts.