The Daily Dose

Following its demo at May’s I/O conference, Google’s AI-powered messaging app finally launched yesterday. I took Allo for a spin and found that it has some neat tricks up its sleeve, like smart replies and Google Assistant for surfacing info from around the Web in your conversations. That being said, it’s not head-and-shoulders above other messaging apps and it’s awfully late to the game: How will Google dethrone the likes of WhatsApp, Messenger, Line and WeChat? We’ll have to wait and see how the search giant plays this. Until then, I’ve got a wish list for Allo that I hope will…

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