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Allo, which is already being abandoned itself, never having gained the traction of Hangouts. Ultimately, it looks like Google is giving up in favor of RCS (the
by FactolSarin 8y ago
Allo, which is already being abandoned itself, never having gained the traction of Hangouts. Ultimately, it looks like Google is giving up in favor of RCS (the rich SMS protocol).
- londons_explore 8y agoRCS will never see widespread use. It's too tied to phone numbers and mobile devices (have fun getting those RCS messages on your tablet or laptop or when you have no 4G). It's also too tied to carriers, who might introduce weird billing "RCS messages to abroad cost $$$$". Its also without any end to end encryption, and seems to have an odd 1 or 2 second delay delivering messages which means truly interactive conversations aren't really possible. Each of those things alone makes it less attractive to one usergroup. Together, I'd guess it'll never see widespread use.
- smt88 8y agoI don't know anyone outside of tech who would care about RCS being tied to phone numbers, being offered through the carrier, or having a delay. Most people I know (US perspective of course) chat mostly on iMessage and SMS. They'd love RCS.
- londons_explore 8y agoAll of Europe uses Whatsapp and Messenger, with a few fringe countries and groups using Line, Telegram, SMS, Twitter DM's and instagram. SMS has a delay of 5+ seconds in most of Europe, so isn't really good for rapid fire conversations. Many phones aren't correctly configured for MMS (picture messages) either, and some networks don't yet support emoji.