


Notifications in Google Messages only allow you to mark the message as read or view the message. It will also give you buttons with reply suggestions. Notifications in Samsung Messages allow you to call the sender, mark the message as read, or view the message. With both, you can press the notification to open the message in the app or the down arrow next to the timestamp to view the entire message and get a selection of options. The Google Messages dark mode features a dark gray screen, while the Samsung Messages dark theme is black.īoth text messaging apps support popup notifications on Samsung devices, including Samsung Galaxy Watches. In contrast, Samsung Messages uses the One UI software (Samsung’s recent UI update), which means it will conform to your device’s current display mode. Google Messages has a separate option to enable or disable dark mode. Samsung Messages will also show the number of unread messages in each conversation on the right-hand side. In Google Messages, the unread message is also bold. In both text messaging apps, an unread conversation has a dot on the right-hand side. Samsung Messages will not display whether you are sending an MMS or SMS but instead have a small caption under MMS messages after you send them. Google Messages will display whether you are sending an SMS (a standard text) or MMS (a text with an attached file, photo, or video) while you are typing.
