3 stars: It needs timed messages, would be a really good one like the sms app. Colored threads maybe, each person gets a different color? Yeah I don't know It's just very businessy and not fun. Kind of like Android messages. It took the fun all out of allo.
5 stars: Works fine since it was called Gtalk. Never had any major issues. I don't even use the new features (that much). Mostly for hangouts.
3 stars: It's a good start, but I'd like something more complete in terms of tasks, have reoccurring and subtasks items or at least checkboxes. Thanks!
3 stars: Keeps reverting back to power saving theme, and also turns off notifications. I keep having to turn everything back on! I miss Hangouts..
3 stars: NEEDS. DARK. MODE. (for all supported versions of Android) Update Dec 2021: Finally dark theme available for Android 6+! Thank goodness. Now one more push Google to extend dark theme to Android 5+
4 stars: I like the app BUT I absolutely can't stand the ads. I'm guessing that I'm not the ONLY one to hate add.
3 stars: I switched to Chat when Google deprecated Hangouts. The cons are, Chat doesn't seem to add shortcuts for your frequent contacts to the \
4 stars: Notifications just stopped working. Every other app works fine. I'm missing some important conversations because of this. Edit: I have looked at all my notification settings on both my device and in the app and everything is on. Edit 2 I had to do a complete phone reset to get it to work again