The application also comes with private notifications

Aug 22, 2016 12:39 GMT  ·  By

Google announced two exciting applications during Google I/O and last week it released one of them, video-calling app Google Duo. The second, Google Allo should be released soon and the latest information shows that the messaging application will come with lots of useful features.

Google Allo is expected to come with end-to-end encryption, as it is using the Signal protocol and private messages will have a tool that allows them to auto-delete, according to Android Police. The information was obtained from a test preview version of Allo and the application is said to come with unique identity keys for each participant.

Google Assistant won't work when encryption is activated in Allo. Google will keep incognito chats private and make them easy to identify by using a set of clues. They will have different icons in the conversation list and previews of sent/received messages won't be shown for privacy reasons.

In addition, incognito chats will have an expiration time just like in Snapchat. Messages will have an expiration time of 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week or off. These can be changed by either the recipient or sender throughout the conversation.

Allo will require users to link their Google accounts for enhanced functionality

Recently, information surfaced that Google's Allo will be tied to the user's Google account and to their phone number, the latter being a means of identification. Users will be required to activate the app with their phone number and the app seems to automatically link to their main Google account on the phone.

The Google account will be used for allowing Google Assistant to provide users with suggestions, it won't be needed for backups or synched chats. In addition, users will be able to send lots of media content through the app, including voice messages, stickers, current location, photos, videos and GIFs.

As far as we can gather, Google's Allo is surely an interesting messaging application that will bring multiple features to Google users and seems to have more tools and integrations with other Google services, compared to Hangouts.

Google's Allo will have expiring messages (3 Images)

Incognito mode in Google Allo
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