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Google Beefs Up Allo Messaging App

The first major update to Google Allo is here. Google’s Allo messaging app made news for being the first instant messaging app to have an AI-powered assistant at the beck and call of your fingertips while you are chatting with a friend. By contrast competitors such as Snapchat can boast more than 100 million regular users.

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You can download Allo 2.0 from the Google Play Store, however, the new update may take some time to roll out to all users. Now a Reply button for replying directly in the notification has been added along with the sender’s name and image. As for those devices which doesn’t support the RCS, then Google Messenger will also perform the SMS tasks as normal. Google is no doubt hoping like hell that all of this will entice you to try the app, since a lot of folks are probably unaware that it even exists.

Through Google’s artificial intelligence-assisted messaging app, users can search Friday to locate Barb, a show character who mysteriously disappeared. With this update, you can now directly reply from your notifications on Android and iOS.

Nevertheless, Google still has hope for Allo. The chat app also uses machine learning for its Smart reply feature. But the company is mostly letting the app’s user base grow organically, opting not to make it standard on its new phone or requiring it of Android phone developers. As with every other update, the rollout is expected to reach users in phases. After Google backtracked on a decision not to store Allo communications, privacy advocates including Edward Snowden protested, arguing that the service, which doesn’t encrypt most messages, would be subject to surveillance by law enforcement.

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