Abandoning its own messaging app, Samsung Galaxy phones switch to Google Messages in the US market

IT House News on July 21st, Samsung Electronics has been pre-installing its own text messaging application Samsung Messages on its Galaxy phones and tablets for many years. However, this situation has changed recently. It is reported that Samsung has stopped pre-installing Samsung Messages in the US market and instead uses Google Messages as the default text messaging application.

1. IT House noticed that this adjustment will be implemented starting from Galaxy Z Flip6 and Galaxy Z Fold6. Both phones are equipped with One UI 6.1.1 system. Samsung’s official forum has also confirmed this news.

2. Other markets such as Canada and Europe still have Samsung Messages pre-installed, and users can still download and install the app through the Google Play Store.

   

   1. In fact, as early as 2022, Samsung has set Google Messages as the default text messaging application in some areas, laying the groundwork for this time to completely abandon its own application.
3. Although Samsung Messages also supports RCS rich communication services, Samsung is obviously more inclined to promote the use of Google Messages. Industry speculation suggests that Google may have reached an agreement with Android manufacturers, including Samsung, to uniformly use Google Messages as the default SMS application to increase the popularity of RCS.
4. It is worth mentioning that Google and Samsung have been pushing Apple to support RCS in recent years. After pressure from the European Union, Apple will finally introduce RCS support in iOS 18 to improve the text messaging experience between iPhone users and Android users. Some analysts believe that Google may cooperate with Samsung to set Google Messages as the default text messaging application in advance to prepare for the launch of iOS 18 to provide consumers with a more consistent experience.

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