How to make google voice default messaging app on android

Q: Can Google Chat default SMS?

First, youll need an Android phone with Googles Messages app installed and set as the default text-messaging app. The first time you launch Messages, it will ask if you want to set it as your default app. Just follow the prompts and dont worry, you wont lose your conversation history by switching.

I love Google Voice. The day Google decides that it, like Google Photos, deserves to be paid for, I might actually pull the trigger; having a secondary phone number that you can forward to your real one, thereby concealing the latter, is incredibly useful. And the day Google Voice goes away—should that ever come—I will be very sad.

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Setting Google Voice as the default dialer
How do I change my default messaging app on Android?
How do I make Google my default text messages?
Can Google Chat default SMS?
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Easy as Google Voice is to use, in that you literally just go into its settings and pick the option to forward calls and/or text messages to your real number, Google is making a change that means you’ll now have to download the app on your device if you want to use the service’s capabilities to their fullest. According to a recent Android Police report, Google will soon remove the ability to forward text messages from your Google Voice number to your real phone number.

As Michael Crider writes:

This is particularly bad news for those of us who’ve been using Google Voice as effectively our only phone number, forwarding it to new SIMs and devices as we get them. Phones tend to lean on their default texting app for integration into a lot of other services. The Google Voice app usually covers those, but it isn’t particularly friendly with the rest of Android outside of the notification basics.

Before you blame Google for making this change, however, know that it’s actually not Google’s fault this time around. Apparently, a number of carriers are starting to block these forwarded text messages—perhaps incorrectly assuming they are spam. My assumption is that Google would rather have a manageable experience (in this case, no feature at all), rather than an inconsistent one.

So, if you want to view and reply to text messages that get sent to your Google Voice number, you’ll probably want to install the Google Voice app (iOS, Android). If you’re not feeling that option for whatever reason, you could also just go into Google Voice’s settings and forward every message you get to your email address. You can then reply to the email to reply to the text—a more cumbersome method, especially if your friends are chatty, but an option nevertheless.

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Google Voice is a handy and efficient app that gives you a different public-facing phone number for sending text messages, calling, and leaving voicemails. As it can work on different devices, including both your smartphone and your computer, while also being able to sync across those devices, it’s incredibly beneficial for those who are always on the go, and whose Wi-Fi signal is often more reliable than the cellular one.

For that reason, it’s no wonder many people want to use this brilliant tool as their primary app. If you want to make Google Voice the default dialer on your Android phone or tablet, just follow the steps below:

Setting Google Voice as the default dialer

Open the Google Voice app on your Android device.
Tap the Menu button (three vertical lines) in the upper-right corner.
From the menu that appears, choose Settings.
Next, select the Calls started from this device’s phone app option.
Here, you can choose your preferred settings. You have the option of making Google Voice the default number for all calls, international calls only, or for certain numbers selected right before the call.

And that’s it; with a quick and easy setting, Google Voice is now set as the default dialer for your Android device.

However, as the app is currently only available for personal Google Accounts in the USA, as well as G Suite accounts in certain countries, make sure Google Voice is actually functioning in your area, before attempting to download or implement these settings, as they might not be able to work.

How do I change my default messaging app on Android?

Navigate to and open Settings, and then tap Apps. Tap Choose default apps, and then tap SMS app. Select your desired message app.

How do I make Google my default text messages?

Open the Settings on your phone. Tap Apps & notifications. Tap Advanced..

Tap SMS app..

Tap the app you want to switch to..

Tap OK. Source: Joe Maring / Android Central..

Can Google Chat default SMS?

First, you'll need an Android phone with Google's Messages app installed and set as the default text-messaging app. The first time you launch Messages, it will ask if you want to set it as your default app. Just follow the prompts and don't worry, you won't lose your conversation history by switching.

What is the default text message app on Android?

Verizon officially makes Google Messages the default messaging app for all Android phones. At the start of July, AT&T announced that it was changing the default text messaging app for all of its Android phones to Google Messages.