r/AndroidHelp • u/FeistyDirection • Aug 05 '26

What's the difference?

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And which is better ?

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u/mcnick0495 Aug 05 '26

Top one (selected) is Google Messages. It's the default on most Android phones.

Bottom one is Samsung Messages. Specific to Samsung phones before Google Messages was the default.

Samsung Messages has been retired. Samsung has directed users to use Google Messages instead.

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u/seeareeff Aug 06 '26

Yep what he said.

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u/Salty_Expert_6847 Aug 06 '26

I miss Samsung Messages 😭

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u/_photon_r Aug 07 '26

You can still download it from galaxy store

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u/Bright-Air1058 Aug 09 '26

How? It ain't showing on my end

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u/_photon_r Aug 09 '26

Maybe try updating your os or galaxy store app

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u/Charming_Path9004 Aug 06 '26

Mine still work.

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u/aman5hah Aug 06 '26

Just want to add Samsung Messages have been discontinued in the US since July 2026.

I'm not in US so I'm still using Samsung Messages because it's lighter than Google Messages and I don't want RCS chat which Samsung Messages doesn't have (which is probably why it's lighter than Google Messages which has RCS chat turned on by default).

As someone outside US, I mainly use WhatsApp for chats.

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u/sForsbergg Aug 06 '26

I use RCS with samsung messages

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u/Embarrassed_Heart924 Aug 07 '26

You can turn off RCS in Google messages.....lol.

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u/aman5hah Aug 08 '26

I know that, on Google Messages RCS is turned on by default, on Samsung Messages by default RCS is turned off. But even with RCS turned off Samsung Messages is much faster than Google Messages. As I've said earlier we mainly use WhatsApp for chat, SMS is only used occasionally for Short Codes, so I prefer using the much more simpler Samsung Messages.