Google Messages app has now been installed more than 1 billion times

As we start to use messaging apps more and more amidst the current lockdown situation, Google Messages appears to be gaining popularity as well. that the app has now reached an important milestone of 1 billion installations on Android devices. The app provides an alternative to most popular vendors’ pre-installed text messaging apps on Android phones.

The interesting thing is that Google Messages, even though it’s a Google app, does not come pre-installed on Android devices (apart from Google Pixel phones and a couple of other smartphone brands) so this number reflects people’s interest ...