In this guide, we will show you how to transfer Samsung Messages to Google Messages. No doubt the former is a pretty decent messaging app. Baked into every Samsung device, it does its job pretty well. But for some, the offering from the Silicon Valley giants is their go-to messaging app. Some have got used to the Google ecosystem and hence are aware of all the features and settings of its messaging app. Hence they don’t wish to walk in completely unchartered territory.
Furthermore, if you are coming from another Android device, then just a Google sign-in is what is needed to get back all your messages onto the new devices. So this “cross-device compatibility” is another reason why people prefer to choose Google over Samsung’s very own app for the same purpose. And in this guide, we will help you achieve just that. Here is how you could transfer Samsung Messages to Google Messages. Follow the given steps.
How to Transfer Samsung Messages to Google Messages
In this tutorial, we will have a look at three different scenarios. In the first case, we will show you how to transfer messages from Samsung Messages to the Google Messages app on your Samsung device. Then in the next section, we will list out the transfer steps from the Samsung Messages app on your Samsung device to Google Messages app installed on a non-Samsung device. Finally, in the third case, we will check out the transfer steps between two different Samsung devices.
CASE 1: Transferring within the same Samsung Device
- On your Samsung device, head over to the Play Store and download the Google Messages app.
[googleplay url=”https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=en_IN”] - Launch the app and you should see the option to Set as Default Chat app, tap on it. The import process will now begin and shall take a couple of minutes. It will depend on the number of messages as well as your network speed.
- If for some reason you don’t see the Set as Default Chat app option, then you will have to manually make it the default messaging app.
- For that, head over to Settings on your Samsung device.
- Then go to the Apps page and tap on the overflow icon situated at the top-right.
- Select the Default apps option and tap on SMS apps.
- Make a switch to the Google Messages app from the Samsung Messages. Do keep in mind that the name for both these apps will be the same, you will have to distinguish then from their respective icons.
- Once that is done, launch the Google Messages app and wait for the import to finish.
So these were the steps to transfer Samsung Messages to Google Messages within the Samsung ecosystem. If you wish to transfer from a Samsung to a non-Samsung device, then the below section will come in handy.
