Samsung Messages will no longer be pre-installed on future Samsung devices.

[Robin621k]

Starting with the release of the Fold 6 series, Samsung Messages will no longer be pre-installed on future Samsung devices. Google Messages will be the only messaging app on phones in the US. Google is pushing this especially with the implementation of RCS compatibility on Iphones come September. RCS will only work from Google Messages to IMessage. Google owns Android, their platform, their rules. 

Samsung Messages will still be available for download in the Galaxy Store, stripped of any real meaningful features.

Not only will Google Messages be the sole messaging app, RSC will be turned on by default. If you wish to have RCS chat features it will ONLY be available in Google's product.

I will bet that when the next update rolls out, all those that still have enhanced features in the Samsung Messages it will be gone. Samsung Messages will now only be SMS/MMS.

This is the future going forward with messaging in the US, you either jump on board with Google Messages or you can stay with Samsung Messages with no enhanced features.

https://9to5google.com/2024/07/20/samsung-google-messages-no-longer-pre-installing/

[Iamchaos13]

It will automatically transfer your messages when you go into Google. You can bounce back and forth between them and messages sync

[meself]

Ok when I change front Google to Samsung was set as default to Google I had text there non transferred over

[Iamchaos13]

Huh. Try going back a time or 2. Yea you have to make it default each time. I can't remember if it took time or.. I'll check and see what I can find.

[meself]

Appreciate your help didn't seem to transfer the texts when I set the default from Google to Samsung so trying to figure out if I did something wrong or needed to do extra stop to transfer texts

[Iamchaos13]

I'm trying to check now.

[Iamchaos13]

Doesn't Verizon have the Messages +

[meself]

I have att thanks for the help

[Iamchaos13]

Only I can say is try go back to samsung message. Then go and clear the the data. Then bgo back into Google.

[Ziahh]

It does transfer. i just switched over, and all my messages transferred over smoothly

[JLo33]

True true!