Samsung going all in on Google Messages in US, stops pre-installing Samsung Messages on Galaxy phones
After slowly phasing the app out in some regions, Samsung has announced that it will no longer pre-install Samsung Messages on Galaxy devices in favor of Google Messages.
The Samsung Messages app was a staple of Galaxy smartphones for years, but Samsung started to phase it out with the Galaxy S22 series in 2022. That was in line with Google’s push with RCS, as the Google Messages app better supports RCS (though Samsung Messages does support it). In 2022, Samsung made Google Messages the default ...
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