Google announces 'smart messenger' Allo

Watch out Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, Google has a new messenger app on the loose. It's called Allo and Google is calling it a "smart messenger" because it combines communications with its new Google Assistant. In a lot of ways, Allo (pronounced like the plant) is a response to some of the chatbots Facebook has started to integrate into Facebook Messenger. The app — which is separate from Google Hangouts — lets you use Google within your chats with friends. That means that while