Allo actually does something similar, by heavily compressing video. From my really quick test, Allo compressed a 40MB high quality video (sent from Android phone to iPhone) down to a very pixelated 7MB video. This is unacceptable and ridiculous!
What is the maximum file size Allo will allow when sharing photos and videos? I think the iMessage limit is around 300MB, maybe...so I'm wondering how Allo will compare.
It's very frustrating when I send a short Hangouts-to-Hangouts video and the file gets compressed so much I can't even see it. Will Allo have iMessage-like functionality for sending a higher quality or full size photo or video?
I use an iPhone currently, but will switch back to Android immediately if I can have iMessage-like functionality. It's very frustrating to send a Hangout-to-Hangout video and not even be able to see it because they compressed the crap out of it.