Allo<\/a> device you want it to connect to.<\/p>\n![\"Messaging](\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20700%20604'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\")
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Then, after you verify the number, it lets you set up an autoreply to customers who use the feature:<\/p>\n
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Now, once it is set up, when someone sees your company’s local panel in mobile search, they will see a “message” icon, which they can click:<\/p>\n
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On iOS, it takes the customer to their native messaging app and lets them message the business:<\/p>\n
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Then the business owner gets a message in Allo or their native messaging app so they can respond:<\/p>\n
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Postscript:<\/strong> A Google spokesperson has confirmed with Search Engine Land that this “feature is fully rolling out out now.”<\/p>\n
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