'Chat' is the latest attempt by Google at streamlining Android messaging and a probable response to Apple's iMessage

Google has plans of making the default messaging service on your smartphone called ‘Messages’ to be as good as the current messaging services. To that end, Google has reportedly ‘paused’ work on its latest messaging app ‘Allo’ and is now focusing solely on ‘Chat’. Well, according to the report, ‘Chat’ will work on a new standard which will replace SMS and will be automatically activated in the current SMS app on Android called Messages. So will Google’s push for more features on the standard ‘Messages’ app turn into one of its usual messaging related failure?