Google Allo was announced by Google back during its annual I/O event in May, along with the Duo video chat application. While Duo was made available only a few weeks ago, it’s now Allo’s turn to go official. The app is not your run-of-the-mill IM app as many would imagine. If you saw Google’s demonstration of the app back during I/O, you would be aware of all the things that the app is capable of doing on its own.
There’s deep integration with Google Assistant, which is essentially a more personalized version of Google Now. With Allo, you can have small text conversations with Assistant by typing in your queries and getting results right within the chat window. There will be clickable links and image results too, so you don’t have to exit the app to interact with them.
Given that machine learning is one of the core elements of Allo, we expect Assistant to get smarter over time with support for more commands. Google is basically trying to humanize the search experience with the help of Assistant, and it is successful to a great extent.
Keeping in line with the trend, Allo also comes with its own set of personalized stickers that you can send within conversations. Google seems to have paired with independent creators rather than going with big ticket names for these stickers, which is a refreshing change.
Google has built an ‘Incognito Mode’ within the app, which enables end-to-end encryption and secretive notifications that do not show in your status bar or lock screen. So why are chats not end-to-end encrypted by default?
Well, as Google rightly puts it, having this enabled by default restricts certain features from accessing your chats. Google Assistant, for example, cannot read your messages and aid you with your queries if chats are encrypted. Users can also set an expiration date for their chats in Incognito Mode, ranging from 5 seconds to a week.
If you’re wondering how Allo or Duo are different from Hangouts, well, Google wants to focus Hangouts as an enterprise solution while Allo and Duo will be consumer centric. These apps sync with your phone using your phone number, which makes it quite similar to contemporary IM apps that are available out there.
Overall, Allo is a very functional chat app with the potential to go big in the market, provided it strikes a chord with the global audiences. Although the app is available on the Play Store right away, it might not be visible for some users. But APK Mirrorhas you covered, where you can download the officially signed version of Allo on your compatible Android smartphone. One big caveat with an app like this is that not a lot of friends and family will be aware of it right away. But that could quickly change as word gets around.
[Source:- Techrader]
