one of the major announcements that Google made at Google I/O in may 2016 was about the launch of two new apps called Google Duo and Google Allo. While the former was launched a few months ago, Google Allo became available for download at the Play store just a few days ago. The following 10 Google Allo suggestions and tricks will reveal interesting features of the app.

Google Allo is certainly an amazing instant messaging app from Google and a worthy WhatsApp contender too, but the presence of already popular apps like WhatsApp, iMessage, and Facebook Messenger, it’s not certainly not going to be easy for Google Allo to make its mark. only time will tell if the new app would be successful or not but if Google has to make it a preferred chat and messaging app among users who are already addicted to other options, it needs to have much more features and options for customization.

Having used Google Allo for a day, the 2 things that amazed me many are the Google assistant that really answers all your queries smartly and provides relevant stuff on demand. The big G seems to have concentrated all weapons from its armory into Allo.

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Google Allo suggestions and Tricks

Today we’re here with a bunch of Google Allo suggestions and tricks to guide and help you with making the most out of the app.

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Chat privately with Incognito mode in Google Allo

Privacy and safety and security are one of the foremost things people care about in a chat or messaging app. While Google Allo does not have end-to-end encryption enable by default for all messages, it does offer end-to-end encryption and a smarter way to keep your chat messages private and protected from prying eyes. All you need to do for a private chat is to start a chat in the Incognito Mode:

Tap the new chat icon.

Select Start incognito chat option.

Now tap the contact name from the list of people you want to start a chat with.

When enabled, the chat content won’t show in the allow conversation list. Moreover, the name of the sender or the message content will not display in the Notifications. You can even mute the notification tone for the incognito chat.

Setting Expiry Time in Incognito Mode
Incognito mode also allows you to set an expiry time for the chat messages. It implies you can choose after how much time your messages ought to disappear: 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or never. While the sender, the timer starts best after the message is sent, it starts as soon as the message is read by the receiver. the time setting for the sender and the receiver are the same but you can set a different timer each time you start a new chat.

You can set the message expiry timer in Incognito mode simply by tapping the Timer icon found on the top best corner of the screen. This is one of the best Google Allo tips.

Integrating Google assistant in an ongoing Chat

Google’s virtual assistant in Allo is a very interesting feature. You can speak with it anytime as it seems to be waiting for you to reply and say something all the time. It talks to you, can send a joke to you, give you weather updates on demand, make a search on Google for you, can directly take you to your Gmail inbox, and so on. According to Google, the virtual assistant will become better with time.

Do you know that aside from starting a chat with your Google assistant you can integrate within any personal or group chat anytime? To do so,

Start a chat with a contact.

Then type “@google” in the text input field.

After that, you can ask your Google assistant to give you any info.

Deleting a particular Chat, conversation or Clearing chat History

If you want to delete a particular message, clear the whole conversation or the entire chat history, you can do it as described below:

Deleting a conversation

Open the app.

Tap and hold the conversation you want to delete.

Tap Delete.

Deleting a particular message inside a conversation:

Open the app.

Tap the conversation from which you want to delete a particular message.

Press and hold the message you wish to delete.

A menu will appear at the top of the screen.

Tap the Delete icon> Delete.

Clearing chat history

To delete all messages within a conversation,

Open the target conversation.

Tap the contact profile icon in the upper best corner of the screen.

Then clear history.

Blocking a person or Number, or turning off Notifications

To avoid one of your contacts or an unknown number from bothering you, you can block them easily in Allo.

Open the app.

Tap and hold the conversation.

Select block or turn off notification option in the menu that pops up.

You can also block contact or turn off notifications for it as described below:

Open Allo.

Tap the target conversation.

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