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IT Home reported on July 24 that Samsung recently notified users that it will stop pre-installing Samsung Messages as a text messaging app on Galaxy Z Flip6 and Z Fold6, and instead pre-install Google Messages. In response, Samsung gave an official explanation: This move is to accelerate the popularization of RCS messaging services.

Samsung told Android Authority that it has a close partnership with Google in the communications services sector and has set Google Messages as the default SMS platform for Android phones.It will accelerate the adoption of RCS and bring a richer and more engaging mobile messaging experience to Galaxy users.

IT Home noticed thatCurrently this change is mainly aimed at the US market, but Samsung hinted that it may be extended to other countries in the future.

RCS is a new generation of SMS standard, which is a significant improvement over traditional SMS and MMS. It supports sending high-definition pictures, videos, emoticons, stickers and location information, and also has modern chat functions such as read receipts and typing, and supports group chat.

It is worth mentioning that under the pressure of the EU's anti-competition investigation against Apple, Apple announced that it will introduce the RCS function in iOS 18. This means that in the next few months, hundreds of millions of iPhone users will be able to use RCS.

The popularization of RCS is expected to completely solve the "green bubble and blue bubble" problem between Android and Apple that has plagued users for a long time, and achieve a smoother cross-platform chat experience.