There are several ways to access text messages from a desktop, including solutions from Google and Microsoft. And you know Samsung: as soon as many other companies do something, it also needs to have its own proprietary solution. Now we are seeing the first signs of a Samsung Messaging app on the Microsoft Store, which describes itself as a way to send and receive text messages from your phone on Windows.
Before you get too excited, the app still seems to be in the testing phase at the moment – it only appears in some regions and you can’t download it without a code, anyway. Even if you could, the description says that its compatibility is limited to “devices capable of using mobile data (5G and 4G LTE)”, and that it is only available for Samsung branded Windows hardware: the Galaxy Book and Galaxy TabPro series.
The app description indicates that he is using a partner app on the phone, which makes sense, and presumably only Samsung devices would be invited to the party. We hope that once the app is ready for a broad release, restrictions on Samsung branded Windows hardware will be lifted and anyone with a recent Samsung phone and Windows PC will be able to check it out.
In the meantime, there are many ways to get the same functionality now: Google messaging for the web, Microsoft Your Phone and desktop clients for all popular chat services. In fact, it seems a little disconcerting that Samsung would build a custom solution for this – but this is Samsung for you.
