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I think by 'default' I meant on the home screen of apps on a factory-new Android phone, presumably one messenger app is pre-installed and on that list. Perhaps
by bredren 6y ago
I think by 'default' I meant on the home screen of apps on a factory-new Android phone, presumably one messenger app is pre-installed and on that list. Perhaps, even configured as part of a phone onboarding experience.
I was guessing this would be an SMS-based app.
- tssva 6y agoIt is usually a SMS-based app but it is not the same one for all factory-new Android phones. Some manufacturers will ship with Google Messages and some such as Samsung have their own messaging apps which will be the default in most but not all cases. If purchased through a carrier sometimes the default app will be the carrier's messaging app even if the phone manufacturer has their own.
- etbebl 6y agoThis must be the disconnect. As an Android user, it wouldn't occur to me that the "default" messaging app (usually something barebones and ugly) would influence how I send my messages. I just use whatever app I want, SMS or not. But unlike Android, Apple managed to popularize its own all-in-one messaging solution and in so doing brought encryption to more conversations. Google could try to do something like that with Android, but thus far they've simply remained agnostic.