I'd say it sounds exactly like the google we know.
People want a messenger app? Let's make one! Oh, it takes time and energy. Let's shut it down. Oh wait, people want a messenger app. Let's make one. Oh, it takes [........]
Maybe Google will be releasing an entirely new app to adopt this new interoperability spec... we haven't seen a Google messenger being retired in what... almost a full year? :)
Sure, but I think Google has still the advantage of having millions of millions of users already using at least one platform. And if this messenger will be delivered through Android, this will be some hard competition for other messengers
That is yet to be seen. But generally, Google mainly used to screw up the social applications, so this one should be ok. ;-) And, as it was mentioned, this one is probably needed for Chrome OS.
True or not, Google clearly needed yet another messaging service, which they in about a year's time would have messed up and deprecated.
Exactly. It's almost been a year since Allo was released, which means we are due for an announcement of a new messaging app from Google. Likely something that combines Allo and Duo into a single app, and call it something like Trio.
Of course, when they inevitably split "Trio" into separate apps a year after release, they won't be able to stick with the same name convention.
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