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- Samsung has reportedly announced that it will drop Samsung Messages as its default texting app in favor of Google Messages.
- The change affects the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and newer devices, but users can still download Samsung Messages.
- It looks like this change only affects devices in the US for now, though.
Many Android phones ship with Google Messages as the default messaging app, but Samsung has long insisted on using its own Messages app instead. That’s changing now as the company has reportedly announced it’s switching to a new preloaded messaging app.
The news was posted via the Samsung Members app and spotted by analyst Max Weinbach (h/t: 9to5Google), revealing that Google Messages will now be the default texting app on Galaxy phones.