Now, mind you, things were still a little murky. With that distraction out of the way, we were told, Google would focus its efforts solely on a single set of messaging and video chatting apps for consumers and a single set of matching products for business teams. Back then, y'see, Google announced it was 'pausing' all work and investments in Allo, the A.I.-injected chat service it had launched with lots of fanfare and little sense of purpose two years prior. That sentiment started a little over a year ago, in December of 2018. For a minute there, I thought Google might have actually been on its way to a clear and sensible strategy for its mess of messaging services.
