No Messages App

[ubilina]

A have a Galaxy A 8 Tablet. There is no Messages app on the Home Screen. Also, I can't find the Messages app in Settings. What can I do?

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Download it from the Galaxy store or the play store?

[ubilina]

Thank you very much for your reply. I downloaded the app from the Galaxy Store but it does not work like the messages app on my Samsung Phone. Even the icon looks different. I uninstalled it again. I don't understand, why my tablet came without this app. I wonder if it would help to reset the tablet to factory condition but I would hate to do this.

[VerbumVeritum]

@ubilina Did you download the official Samsung Messages app? You can also try out using Google Messages (Messages by Google) if you want as well. 

[ubilina]

Thank you for your message. After uninstalling the Google Messages App, I reinstalled it again. I didn't know which of the Messages Apps were Samsung Apps.

I still wonder why my Galaxy A8 Tablet did not come with a Messages App. In general, I am much happier with my Galaxy Phone than with my Galaxy Tablet.

[VerbumVeritum · Accepted solution]

@ubilina I think the default is Google Messages now. I couldn't find the official Samsung Messages app either on the Galaxy App Store, but you can always download the APK for it and install. 

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/samsung-messages/

[ubilina]

Thank you very much for the information.

[VerbumVeritum]

@ubilina Glad I could help! 😁