Things in Common
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\n* Available on Android and iOS.
\n* Uses your phone number, your phone contacts to populate its contacts list.
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\n* Can only have one device associated with your number at a time.
\n* Problem: I have far more people\u2019s email addresses than phone numbers.
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\n* Not available on tablets.
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\nAllo
\n* Instant messaging app.
\n* Integrates the new Google Assistant.
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\n* Finally admitting that most people don\u2019t want to talk to their phone to get stuff done most of the time.
\n* Seems to work alright. I discovered that it can send you the day\u2019s weather forecast every morning. My little sister played games with it for a while.
\n* This is pretty much Allo\u2019s only unique feature, so when the Assistant becomes available in more areas of the phone/in Google Home, Allo will lose a lot of its appeal.
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\n* Does not tell you if a contact has Allo yet. If they do not, it sends the message as an SMS with a link to install Allo.
\n* When you switch devices, you lose all your messages from the old device.
\nDuo
\n* One-to-one video calling.
\n* How is the video and audio quality?
\n* Interface is simple, clean, to the point.
\n* Knock knock.
\nAttributions
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\n* Free Music Archive: Beat Doctor – Organic (electric edit)
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