Google had already announced in February that it will bring its chat app Google Allo to desktops and laptops, as a web client, similar to how we have WhatsApp on our PCs right now. This was to bring in fold those old school users more comfortable with PCs and laptops who were left out of the range by Google when Allo chat app was launched only for mobile devices in September 2016. It seems like Google has stuck to its promise and will soon launch the Google Allo web/desktop client in ‘few more weeks’, says Head of Product for Google Allo and Duo, Amit Fulay.
Fulay, while replying to an Allo user on Twitter asking when the web version will be out, said that the team is ‘on it…few more weeks’.
On it … few more weeks
— Amit Fulay (@amitfulay) July 8, 2017
Although it’s no official yet, it seems that to be able to use Google Allo on your desktop, you will have to use it within browser, and would need it installed on your mobile device as that is what it will be connected with in the first place. Looks like Google is taking a page from WhatsApp’s book.
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Interestingly, the web version of Google Allo chat app could fully support Google Assistant, making it the first time for Google Assistant to come to the desktop.
Via: 9to5Google
