Bid farewell to Samsung messages

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Amid gentle prodding for two years, Samsung now said it will force its customers to download the Google Messages app. Starting from the latest models of smartphones in Galaxy, namely the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Fold 6, which will be released in the United States, Samsung Messages will not be preinstalled.

It is one of the final pushes the search engine uses to make RCS the go-to standard. The Samsung Messages application supports RCS, although carriers and manufacturers think RCS functionality should be fully consistent across all users. This level of parity is extremely hard to maintain over two or more messaging apps – if a developer seldom updates their app or introduces new features which are not available in other apps, they may well create a fracture in the RCS universe.

Pushing everyone into one messenger is the easiest strategy to follow. Google was the first one to advance towards RCS and the carriers started deploying Google Messages on all Android phones in 2021. Samsung bowed to reason and made Google Messages the preferred app on Galaxy phones a mere one year later, which means that Samsung Messages is essentially in a slow process of being phased out.

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A message in the Samsung Members app, discovered by Max Weinbach, contained a formal announcement detailing Samsung Messages’ absence from the new Galaxy foldable: A message in the Samsung Members app, discovered by Max Weinbach, contained a formal announcement detailing Samsung Messages’ absence from the new Galaxy foldables:

‘Beginning with the Flip6, Fold6, and further models, Samsung Messages is no longer included as a preloaded app … Google Messages will give a new and superior feel to conveyer emotions making the communicating safe and enjoyable.’

Nevertheless, it was the day when everything felt as if it began: today is a sign of an imminent catastrophe, today there will be a coup, or a revolution, today one bank will collapse and the whole financial pyramid will fall apart tomorrow – health care, the day after – education. This could be an act of notifying Galaxy owners that Samsung Messages is soon going to be phased out – Apple’s interpretation of RCS – which is coming next month – has some issues and might not work seamlessly save for when you are messaging with a Google Messages user.

Yes, you can get Messages as the Galaxy Z Flip 6 or Fold 6 may support it. Mishaal Rahman also points out that in the Canadian and European variants of Samsung’s freshly released foldables, you still get Samsung Messages on board. As it applies to your case, if Samsung Messages is your mobile firmware SMS app of choice and the new features suitably entice you, you may continue to use it until this app ceases to function.

Excerpt: Samsung via 9to5Google