What is Google Allo?
Google Allo is a smart messaging app that helps you say more and do more. Express yourself better with stickers, Smart Reply, and HUGE emojis & text. Allo brings you the Google Assistant.
Smart Reply
Respond to messages without typing a single word. Smart Reply learns over time and suggests responses to text and photos, in your style.
Stickers
Say it all with the perfect sticker. Stickers in Google Allo are designed by independent artists and studios from around the world.
SHOUT or whisper
No more typing in ALL CAPS to get your point across. Say it louder or quieter by changing the size of your text with a quick swipe.
Meet your personal Google Assistant
Google Allo brings you the Google Assistant. Find restaurants nearby, share videos to watch, and get answers, right in your conversation with friends. Add @google to your group conversation or chat one-on-one with your Assistant. It’s your own personal Google, always ready to help.
Incognito mode
Send messages with end-to-end encryption, use private notifications to help keep your chats more discreet, and control how long your messages stick around with expiring chats.
Smart Reply
Respond to messages without typing a single word. Smart Reply learns over time and suggests responses to text and photos, in your style.
Stickers
Say it all with the perfect sticker. Stickers in Google Allo are designed by independent artists and studios from around the world.
SHOUT or whisper
No more typing in ALL CAPS to get your point across. Say it louder or quieter by changing the size of your text with a quick swipe.
Meet your personal Google Assistant
Google Allo brings you the Google Assistant. Find restaurants nearby, share videos to watch, and get answers, right in your conversation with friends. Add @google to your group conversation or chat one-on-one with your Assistant. It’s your own personal Google, always ready to help.
Incognito mode
Send messages with end-to-end encryption, use private notifications to help keep your chats more discreet, and control how long your messages stick around with expiring chats.
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Discontinued
The app has been shutdown completely in March 2019. Some features will be brought to Google Messages
Security & Privacy
End-to-End EncryptionSupports E2E Encryption, for entire or parts of the app.
Features Vote on or suggest new features
- Self destructing messages
- Built-in Photo editor
- Stickers
- Canned responses
- Encrypted Chat
- Instant Messaging
Supported Languages
- English
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Social & Communications • Security & PrivacyTags
- social-applications
- Smartphone Messaging

Google Allo
Summary
Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Google Allo, and it has gotten 23 likes
- Developed by Google, Inc.
- Proprietary and Free product.
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Google Allo was added to AlternativeTo by Danilo_Venom on Sep 21, 2016 and this page was last updated Sep 13, 2021.
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Need to add option to check on laptop but better than whatsap for web (which sucks btw). There are so many chat apps out there from various services but even from google there are gtalk, hangouts, duo and now allo. I think google should try to focus on one app for communication not like microsoft working on 4 different apps for skype and then messenger and groupme etc.
When I receive texts, I am bad about responding right away. Allo allows me three possible responses to the message. Sometimes, the suggestions aren't always perfect, but usually, they are. I can share quick gifs that appear in circle bubbles for the other person to see or just a picture or video with typed or hand wrote messages on them. It has a fun sticker maker that uses a cartoon-like image of you to use in responses to others.