http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/technology/daily-report-will-googles-allo-make-it-in-the-messaging-app-field.html 2016-09-21 18:26:49 Daily Report: Will Google’s Allo Make It in the Messaging App Field? Google adds its messaging app to the many already available. === Add another new messaging app to the proliferation of chat apps. On Wednesday, Google made its new messaging app, Allo, officially available. The app is distinct from Google’s past messaging efforts in that Allo includes an artificially intelligent assistant that is designed to help people with their conversations and searches for information. Allo joins a crowded messaging field. In the United States, Apple’s iMessage (of which a new version was released last week), Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, among others, are already popular. In Asia, where messaging became more popular earlier than in the United States, So how much can Google Allo stand out from that horde and how well does it work? To arrive at a determination,