News Samsung wants you to move to Google Messages, and it's for the best

[AC News]

Samsung is finally doing away with Samsung Messages in a meaningful way, and I hope it’s a sign of what’s to come for the duplicate apps in One UI.

Samsung wants you to move to Google Messages, and it's for the best : Read more

 

[notforhire]

it is what it is, nothing more

 

[FACTagent]

I am on Google Messages since Samsung Messages doesn't support chat functions on unlocked phones (just carrier). One thing I don't like about the Google RCS implementation is that it only shows you the delivered / read status of your latest text in a thread. Not any of the previous texts, which Samsung used to do. I text a lot with my wife but she lets them build up rather than reading them immediately, so I have no way of knowing if she read only the latest text or all the texts since the last text know she read. Also, I miss the categories feature.

 

[dougpaw57]

After using a Flip 3, Flip 4, and Flip 5, I couldn't stand it anymore. I went back to a Pixel, all those duplicate apps drove me crazy.

 

[NoBaaHere]

I will respectfully disagree that this is for the best. I got "upgraded" to Google messages without my knowledge or consent and didn't even realize what had happened at first. I just knew that all of a sudden, functions I relied on heavily (e.g., shared attachments) were suddenly gone and my efficiency plummeted. And hey, I want to be able to send photos in different sizes of MY CHOICE. And searching my text messages? Well, the Google results were also compressed to what Big Brother Google felt I needed to see. I hated the change so much I started searching online for what happened and figured it out. I learned it was because I was being unwillingly handed off to Google Messages with no say. I was happy to learn I could still download Samsung Messages through the Play Store and immediately did and was again happy. Learning that they are ultimately doing away with Samsung Messages altogether is insanely disappointing because I have ZERO desire to use Google Messages and just WON'T. I will keep pressing the "Not Now" button when being hard-arm coaxed to "Upgrade to Google Messages to enhance chats with custom themes and Screen Effects". You know, since "Not Ever" is not an option and since I could give two hoots about custom themes and Screen Effects since my Gen does not end with Z. I hate the idea of having to search for a 3rd Party messaging app now, but that is what I am being forced to do. If anyone has any recommendations, I would love them.

 

[Mooncatt]

I'm in a similar boat with Verizon also killing off their highly useful and customizable messenger service in favor of this downgrade from Daddy Google. I tried Google and immediately noped right out of it. I'm back on Verizon for now and fingers crossed it'll remain functional at least as a basic text messenger after the service officially ends. If not, I'm going back to Handcent. I already tried it and found they have their own crowd source based spam blocker now (they didn't when I last used it), so that's a plus.

 

[y2jman]

i'm thinking about doing textra see if i like it before buying i just don't know i can handle seeing every few days when i open up samsung app and see that message

if i'm correct it seems to happen every 2 days since it started weds after pop out i said not now and inside app not now and came back yesterday i said not now come mon it will prob show back up and i think it always trends to appear 4, 4:30 in morning

yes i want to stay with samsung message as long as i can i even asked samsung in chat other day when it will official stop working they didn't have a clear issue i can continue saying not now but the nagging next time i open up app seeing it at the top driving me crazy

i also don't want to go into google message btw i know unless ios users update to 18 no rcs i know my parents got older iphones and they don't have it i think my brother his family already in latest version besides i have to turn on rcs if i wanted to do google message

i don't even hardly do group message anyways i refuse to be in my family group message sometimes on samsung message ha plus fact google message so dul and i read half of time rcs works and don't works on android really don't care about rcs anyways i'm good with good old sms/mms

verizon even have rcs anyways i doubt it

 

[BerryBubbles]

i also don't want to go into google message btw i know unless ios users update to 18 no rcs i know my parents got older iphones and they don't have it i think my brother his family already in latest version besides i have to turn on rcs if i wanted to do google message

You do not have to turn on RCS to use Google Messages. You can still use just SMS/MMS.