Let’s be honest, we were all thinking it: Google needs a new messaging app. After all, it only has around three or four, right?

Well, luckily, Google thought so, too. So today it is starting the roll out of its new app, Allo, which includes some special functionality that its other messaging apps don’t.

In IT Blogwatch, we channel Pink Floyd and say, “Allo? Is there anybody out there?”

So what makes this new app so special? Harish Jonnalagadda gives us the background:

Google’s smart messaging app Allo is finally becoming available to the public…Allo is the first app to integrate Google Assistant, a chatbot that leverages…machine learning and A.I. smarts to provide answers, suggest replies to conversations, retrieve your travel information, and…more. Think of it as an evolution to Google Now…In typical Google fashion the app will roll out over time, so if you aren’t seeing it right away keep checking back.

Want to know more about how Allo uses machine learning? Ron Amadeo has the details:

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