Right, Samsung had its own SMS client. But even on (near) stock Android, you could easily install the AOSP client, or some third party (Textra was popular some

Right, Samsung had its own SMS client. But even on (near) stock Android, you could easily install the AOSP client, or some third party (Textra was popular somehow). I'm surprised Sony wouldn't bundle a proper SMS client by default. I thought only Nexus phones and Motorolas would default to Hangouts for a relatively short period, until Google started pushing Messages instead.