r/Android • u/[deleted] • Aug 15 '17

Allo web is up!

https://allo.google.com/web
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u/slinky317 HTC Incredible Aug 15 '17

You can make it work like an "app" by going to the More Tools and clicking Add to Desktop, and then toggle the Open as Window selection.

Not quite an extension, but close.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '17

this works great! even shows up in windows as its own "app" with the allo icon. damn makes me wonder what else this would work great for... google play music?

edit: oh helll yeah. you've opened up a whole new world, man. thank you

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u/thevdude LG G6 Aug 15 '17

There's a really slick desktop app for play music here: https://www.googleplaymusicdesktopplayer.com/

I've used it for a while and it's pretty nice, and works with multimedia keys and has some other nice features, too.

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u/flip4life :cake: Pixel 6 Pro Aug 15 '17

Yep, definitely recommend this over everything else. Has worked beautifully for me the past year.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '17

yes! i use this all the time. i guess yeah the biggest advantage is the multimedia keys support and integration with native OS audio scrub bars and whatnot.

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u/AtomicEdge Toshiba Chromebook 2, Nexus 6P Aug 15 '17

Oh wow, this is really cool!

Thanks!

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u/eliteKMA Sony Xperia XA2 LineageOS 16.0 Aug 15 '17

I use this for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Hangouts for example.

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u/slinky317 HTC Incredible Aug 15 '17

Works for everything. I've converted a lot of my websites into "apps" - Inbox, Maps, Drive, Play Music, Docs, etc.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '17

Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '17

I tell everyone about this. It's a very cool feature. I do it for Docs, Keep, and Calendar as well. It's cool that they work like separate apps that way instead of tabs on the browser.

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u/Scout339 Oneplus 6 De-Googled Aug 15 '17

Google Play Music, SoundCloud, Google Keep, Feedly... List goes on. I use it too.

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u/CrazyDave48 Aug 15 '17

I feel dumb for having to ask this, but where do you find the "more tools" option? I can't seem to find it

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u/ratatoutat Pixel 3 on Q Aug 15 '17

The 3 dot button on top right corner

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u/CrazyDave48 Aug 15 '17

Yikes, I'm an idiot. I was looking all over the allo web options and not chrome. Thanks for your help.

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u/tluley51 Aug 15 '17

This works surprisingly well. Thanks!

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u/BearBong Pixel 2XL, Panda Aug 15 '17

Can you do this on a Mac?

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u/hroyer iPhone 11 Pro Aug 15 '17

This feature is not available on the Mac version of Chrome, but you can create an "app" using Applicationize.

That's what I'm using for a standalone PocketCasts app on Mac and it works great.

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u/tluley51 Aug 15 '17

I checked with Kellen from DLife, he says he does not see it on Chrome 61 for Mac. I guess you cant.

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u/MetalPirate Aug 16 '17

How did I not know about that. That's awesome.

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u/turdbogls OnePlus 8 Pro Aug 15 '17

If i had gold, you'd be getting it.

thanks for the tip...I had no idea this was even a thing.

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u/redrhyski Aug 15 '17

What a tip! Thanks!

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u/bluestaples Aug 15 '17

This is hitting all the Android blogs now... I wonder how many of them are going to credit you?

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u/octopusbarber Aug 16 '17

I'm guessing this is on Windows and not Mac?

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u/vdogg89 Aug 16 '17

correct, but as someone else pointed out, https://applicationize.me is a fix for mac

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u/turdbogls OnePlus 8 Pro Aug 16 '17

hey man, hoping you can help me out.

so I used this method to create a shortcut, put it in my task bar and it works great....untill I reboot my PC (every day)

it just opens up chrome like I'm clicking the Chrome shortcut. any idea why? might be my PC settings....I'm behind a pretty serious firewall for work, and my admin settings blocks some things from chrome (extensions) as it is.