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IT Home reported on July 21 that Samsung Electronics has been pre-installing its own SMS application Samsung Messages on its Galaxy phones and tablets for many years, but this situation has changed recently. It is reported that Samsung has stopped pre-installing Samsung Messages in the US market and has switched to Google Messages as the default SMS application.

IT Home noticed that this adjustment started with the Galaxy Z Flip6 and Galaxy Z Fold6. Both phones are equipped with the One UI 6.1.1 system. Samsung's official forum has also confirmed the news. Other markets such as Canada and Europe still pre-install Samsung Messages.Users can still download and install the app through the Google Play Store.

In fact,As early as 2022, Samsung had set Google Messages as the default SMS app in some regions., which laid the groundwork for the complete abandonment of its own applications. Although Samsung Messages also supports RCS rich communication services, Samsung is obviously more inclined to promote the use of Google Messages. The industry speculates that Google may have reached an agreement with Android manufacturers including Samsung to uniformly adopt Google Messages as the default SMS application to increase the popularity of RCS.

It is worth mentioning that Google and Samsung have been pushing Apple to support RCS in recent years. Under pressure from the European Union, Apple will finally introduce RCS support in iOS 18 to improve the text messaging experience between iPhone users and Android users. Some analysts believe that Google may cooperate with Samsung to set Google Messages as the default text messaging app in advance to prepare for the launch of iOS 18 to provide consumers with a more consistent experience.