Google Hangouts has wanted to be your default SMS App since its inception but with limited success. Much as practically everybody who owns an Android smartphone has Hangouts lurking somewhere in the background, not many people changed their default app. Reason? Hangouts is a ghost town. This is where Facebook wins. Messenger has the numbers to prove its popularity.
Google actually released another app you might never have heard of called Messenger (not to be confused with Facebook Messenger)which literally does the same thing Hangouts and now Facebook Messenger are able to do. What’s up with that? Why this interest by these big companies to control your SMS chat experience? Whatever the mystery is, here’s how you can set Facebook Messenger as your default SMS app: Go to their settings Select SMS or Messages Tap on Default SMS App Select Facebook Messenger
After you have integrated Facebook Messenger as your default app, standard SMS sending rates will still apply as traditional SMS text messages pass through your local carrier and not Facebook and they use credit instead of the Internet.What you will be able to do is utilise Facebook stickers when sending the SMS, as well as send images, audio and video clips (MMS). The SMS chats will be purple to Facebook’s blue in order to distinguish between the two. Featured Image: TechCrunch
