Google pauses development of Allo, focuses on Android Messages

With Google Allo not picking up as people’s messaging app of choice, the tech giant has decided to take a step back from developing the app. According to Anil Sabharwal, Google’s new head of the communications group, the have decided to “pause investment” on Allo and have the team focus Android Messages. Their team is putting all of its resources that it can in the development of tis Rich Communication Services, specifically the service it’s calling Chat. This is Google’s latest effort to create a messaging service that can rival iMessage and other big messaging apps like Facebook Messenger.

At the moment, Google will continue to support Allo. It hasn’t decided yet what to do with the app. According to Sabharwal, they just needed the team to support Android Messages as soon as possible. But he adds, “We want to do right by users. We want to make the right decisions here, and we don’t want to rush anything.”

Source: The Verge