Google’s Reply app is woefully bland — exactly the way it should be

Last week, Google’s Area 120 division announced that it’s building a new app that would add Smart Reply features to a number of popular messaging apps, such as Facebook Messenger, Slack, and Hangouts. This week, Android Police surfaced an APK so you can download and try Reply on Android devices right now. Note, however, that it’s just a beta, so try it at your own risk.
In my initial testing, the app does work as promised, though it is a little less contextual than Gmail&rsquo