Four months after announcing the product at Google I/O, Google Allo has finally launched. Allo is yet another attempt at a Google instant messaging platform, and while Google insists it won’t shut down its current IM product, Google Hangouts, it’s hard to imagine the new thing not replacing the old thing.

So what makes Allo different? The sales pitch is that Allo is an instant messaging client with a Google cloud twist. Like Google Inbox, there’s a “smart reply” feature, that scans the current chat and generates several pre-typed responses using Google’s cloud-powered machine learning. For instance, at a very basic level, if Google detects a “yes” or “no” question, you’ll get “yes” or “no” buttons to reply with above the keyboard. Google says that smart reply will “improve over time and adjust to your style.”

The other cloud-powered feature is the Google Assistant, which is Google’s new chat bot technology that lets your perform Google queries and see results right inside a chat window. This can be things like asking questions, showing a plane flight, or finding nearby restaurants. While you can do all of this at Google.com, doing it inside Allo means you can collaborate with a friend. Being able to do things like browse restaurant results together sounds like a great way to make dinner plans.