How to Transfer Samsung Messages to Google Messages
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How to Switch From Samsung Messages to Google Messages on the Same Phone
If you want to switch to the Messages by Googleapp on your Samsung phone, you only need to install it and set it as your default messaging app. Your text messages will automatically appear in the Messages app. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1:Download and openMessages by Googleon your Samsung phone.
Step 2:TapSet default SMS appand select theGoogle Messagesapp. Then, tapSet as default.
How to Switch From Samsung Messages to Google Messages on Different Phone
If you want totransfer your texts from a Samsung phone to a new devicerunning the Messages app by Google, the process is slightly different. You’ll need to use a third-party app to export the SMS from your Samsung phone and then import them onto your new phone. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1:Download and open the SMS Backup & Restore appon your Samsung phone.
Step 2:Allow the necessary permissions to the app and tap theSet up a backupbutton.
Step 3:Enable the toggles next toMessages. Then, hitNext.
Step 4:Enable the toggle next to the cloud service — Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive — where you’d like to back up messages. Then, hitNext.
Step 5:Since you are just exporting and importing the backup once, disable theSchedule recurring backupsoption. Then, tapBack up now.
Step 6:On your new phone, install and open the SMS Backup & Restore app.Tap themenu iconin the top left corner and chooseRestore.
Step 7:Select the account where you backed up your messages, and sign into that account.
Once you sign in, the app will restore all the messages and you should be able to view them in Google Messages.
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Last updated on 02 September, 2024
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