Google is to launch Chat as a rival service to Apple's iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram. And it seems that Google is also ‘pausing’ its investment in its artificial intelligence powered chat app called Allo, which was launched on Android and iOS smartphones back in September 2016. Based on the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard, the app will not offer end-to-end encryption but will follow SMS-like legal intercept standards. The company has been working with US law enforcement agencies since 2013 in an effort to build out its own version of Signal that would be compatible with existing mobile devices. However, Google is pausing its investment in artificial intelligence-powered Allo due to slow take-up, though it still intends to support the product.
Google is to launch Chat as a rival service to Apple's iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram. Based on the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard, the app will not offer end-to-end encryption but will follow SMS-like legal intercept standards. The company has been working with US law enforcement agencies since 2013 in an effort to build out its own version of Signal that would be compatible with existing mobile devices. However, Google is pausing its investment in artificial intelligence-powered Allo due to slow take-up, though it still intends to support the product.