Samsung's decision may not be completely unprompted While many manufacturers have been quietly switching to Google Messages as their main and only default messaging app, Samsung is finally ready ...

The choice between Samsung Messages and Google Messages can be especially confounding. Most users are likely to use whichever apps their phone comes with by default, according to a 2020 study from ...

For the past two years, Samsung has been phasing out its Samsung Messages app in favor of Google Messages. Samsung's messaging app has continued to be available -- since the Galaxy S22 -- but ...

The news was posted via the Samsung Members app and spotted by analyst Max Weinbach (h/t: 9to5Google), revealing that Google Messages will now be the default texting app on Galaxy phones.

Samsung has released a statement explaining why it is switching from Samsung Messages to Google Messages. Moving forward, Google Messages will be the default messaging app for all Samsung Galaxy ...

Since 2016, Samsung Messages had been sole messaging app for Samsung users; it's been well-loved in the community and feature-wise, the app could pretty much go toe-to-toe with Apple's and Google ...

Google Messages, a widely used app for SMS and RCS (Rich Communication Services), has become the default messaging app on many Android phones. According to PCmag, Samsung recently made the huge ...

This shift to Google Messages adoption has been long coming. Back in 2022, Samsung made Google Messages the default messaging app on the Galaxy S22 line, as well as in 2021 with the S21 series ...

Google has worked around this issue in the past by including its own E2EE implementation in Google Messages, but with Apple adopting RCS and third-party Android SMS apps still hoping to add ...