Samsung going all in on Google Messages in US, stops pre-installing Samsung Messages on Galaxy phones
Samsung going all in on Google Messages in US, stops pre-installing Samsung Messages on Galaxy phones
After slowly phasing the app out in some regions, Samsung has announced that it will no longer pre-install Samsung Messages...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17792695
After slowly phasing the app out in some regions, Samsung has announced that it will no longer pre-install Samsung Messages...
So that's it ? RCS will only be available through Apple's iMessage and Google's Messages. What a shame
Google's dream of hijacking an open standard (on Android at least) is achieved :/
They had a messages app?
Yeah, it's not as noisy and messy as Google's, it let's you folder messages by category and has a nice clean quiet interface designed for large displays. Google's tries to push and sell you on features every time you use it.
A pity the good one is going away.
For SMS / texting
I do not know both of these. Amazing.
It's what Americans use because they cannot install a cross-platform 3rd party messenger.
Sorry, what? Not sure if you're joking, but Americans use texts because they're free and the ability to use them comes preloaded on the phone (no need to download something that takes up more space). I have Signal and WhatsApp on my phone for my international friends, but I use texts to communicate with US friends because RCS works with everyone and it's integrated much better into my phone, watch, etc. than any app can be without an absurd amount of permissions given to the app.
Funny. I just uninstalled Google Messages a few days ago in favor of QUIK SMS. I miss nothing.
I use Mezo SMS, comes with a wildcard blocklist for both numbers and content.
And to be honest, I use it exclusively to block shit. Haven't actually sent a text message in way over a decade. If it wasn't for two websites I have to use sending me one time passwords, I'd have uninstalled the SMS app altogether.
And it won't give you a vibrate on pick up or push notifications to attached devices like your car... Very cool :/
Didn't they do this starting with the galaxy s20?
