Edward Snowden thinks Google’s new Allo messaging app is unsafe “Google's decision to disable end-to-end encryption by default in its new Allo chat app is dangerous, and makes it unsafe. Avoid it for now,” said Snowden.

NEW DELHI: Google announced the Duo video calling app and Allo chat app at its I/O developer conference back in May this year. Last month, the company officially launched Duo, which crossed 10 million downloads in just a month. Now, the company has confirmed that it will be launching Allo soon as well.Speaking to Gadgets Now, Google confirmed that it will be launching Allo chatting app for all users on September 21.For those unaware, Allo is a standalone messaging app which comes with a built-in search engine. It has Google Assistant integration and uses the phone number as the primary user identification method. Users can also link their Google account to the app.Allo has various emojis and custom stickers, catering to different users based on their region. One of the important features is the aforementioned built-in search, which allows users to initiate Google searches by just typing @google followed by the search query. This means that users don’t have to leave the chat window for searching information relevant to the current conversation. Google Allo comes with some interesting features and is likely to give competition to the likes of WhatsApp and Hike. However, the app lacks features like document sharing and calling, which are there in WhatsApp.In related news, Google is planning to introduce audio calling support to its Duo app.According to Google's product lead of communication, Amit Fulay, the voice calling feature is "coming soon" to Duo video calling app. The news came via Fulay's Google+ post where he replied to a user asking about "Any way to make it audio only call? Need is with roaming data."