Samsung going all in on Google Messages in US, stops pre-installing Samsung Messages on Galaxy phones
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...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17792695
After slowly phasing the app out in some regions, Samsung has announced that it will no longer pre-install Samsung Messages...
So that's it ? RCS will only be available through Apple's iMessage and Google's Messages. What a shame
Google's dream of hijacking an open standard (on Android at least) is achieved :/
They had a messages app?
Yeah, it's not as noisy and messy as Google's, it let's you folder messages by category and has a nice clean quiet interface designed for large displays. Google's tries to push and sell you on features every time you use it.
A pity the good one is going away.
For SMS / texting
Funny. I just uninstalled Google Messages a few days ago in favor of QUIK SMS. I miss nothing.
I use Mezo SMS, comes with a wildcard blocklist for both numbers and content.
And to be honest, I use it exclusively to block shit. Haven't actually sent a text message in way over a decade. If it wasn't for two websites I have to use sending me one time passwords, I'd have uninstalled the SMS app altogether.
And it won't give you a vibrate on pick up or push notifications to attached devices like your car... Very cool :/
Didn't they do this starting with the galaxy s20?