New Google Allo for web works like WhatsApp, but there’s a catch
messaging platform that brings together smart
features like an AI assistant and search results
from the internet. Despite having some unique
traits compared to other chat apps such as
shouting messages and Google Assistant built in,
Allo has been struggling to get users. In fact its
sister app called Google Duo -that specializes in
video and audio conversation- has almost ten
times more users, not to mention WhatsApp that
is basically in every phone out there. The move
to introduce a web portal to the platform is a
smart move from Google and one that may gain
it more followers.
WhatsApp; you open the portal and you will be
presented with a QR code. The Allo phone app
has a QR scanner under the option “Allo for
web”. Once the phone and the computer
browser portal have authenticated each other,
you are in. You can carry on with your chats on
the desktop web browser. The layout is similar
in aesthetics but a bit different in arrangement
to better accommodate the bigger real estate of
a laptop browser. You have your contacts on the
left and your current conversation on the right,
emojis and the Google Assistant tabs can be
pinned on the right side if so desired.
There are a couple of catches however; the
first one is that the web version is currently
only available to android phones. The second
catch; only the chrome browser can access the
web portal. Google promises to add Apple iOS
support soon and other web browsers as well.
Unfortunately, no timeline has been indicated.
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