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Allo, Google's New Messaging App (Full Specifications)


Allo is an instant messaging mobile app developed by Google.

It was announced at Google I/O on May 18, 2016 and launched on September 21, 2016.
The app is available on Android and iOS.

Allo was announced at Google I/O on May 18, 2016.

At the time, Google said that it would release Allo in summer 2016. Google launched the app on September 21, 2016.





FeaturesAllo is based on phone numbers.
  • Smart reply: Allo's "Smart reply" function uses Google's machine learning technology to suggest a reply to the last message, which can be selected from a few options. The feature also analyses images sent to the user in order to suggest responses. Similar to the smart reply feature seen in Google's Inbox app, it learns from the user's behavior to adapt its suggestions over time.
  • Incognito mode: Incognito mode is an optional mode that includes expiring chats, private notifications, and end-to-end encryption. The encryption uses Open Whisper Systems' Signal Protocol, already used in the Signal app.
  • The Whisper Shout feature being demonstrated at Google I/O 2016: "Whisper Shout" allows the user to increase or decrease the size of a message to represent volume.
  • Google Assistant:This is one of the current apps that supports Google Assistant, a conversational virtual assistant.
  • Optional encryption: Following Allo's introduction at Google I/O, Google was criticized by security experts and privacy advocates for having the end-to-end encryption turned off by default, which they argue leaves the app open to government surveillance. 
Edward Snowden, whistle-blower and former NSA contractor, criticized the app on Twitter, saying that "Google's decision to disable end-to-end encryption by default in its new #Allo chat app is dangerous, and makes it unsafe."

Thai Duong, a co-lead of Google's product security team, wrote in a personal blog post that he would push for the addition of a setting that would let users have the encryption on all the time, but he later retracted the statement.

  • Message retention: When Allo was first introduced, its developers talked about storing non-incognito messages only transiently—namely that the messages would be deleted from Google's servers after they had been delivered to their destination. 
At launch, Google revealed that they would instead store all non-incognito messages indefinitely (or until the user actively deleted them) in order to improve the built in "smart reply" feature.

Russel Brandom of The Verge commented that "the decision will have significant consequences for law enforcement access to Allo messages.

By default, Allo messages will now be accessible to lawful warrant requests, the same as message data in Gmail and Hangouts".

Courtesy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Allo
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