Google Renames Messenger to Android Messages

[scottalanmiller]

http://www.greenbot.com/article/3174164/android/google-rebrands-messenger-as-android-messages-in-a-move-toward-a-universal-texting-app.html

Just a branding change, or does this signal a change in strategy for messaging on the Android platform by Google?

[travisdh1]

@scottalanmiller said in Google Renames Messenger to Android Messages:

Just a branding change, or does this signal a change in strategy for messaging on the Android platform by Google?

Nope, it's still a mess with all the different apps. They do like to rename one of the many, I can only assume it's meant as a marketing ploy because they rarely change the app functionality (unless they're removing features.)