Google shortens `Android Messages` to just `Messages` on its Play Store listing
(Android Police)

Google really, really likes changing its SMS app`s name. First named `Messenger,` it was renamed to `Android Messages` in early 2017, likely to avoid confusion with Facebook`s extremely popular Messenger. Now the name`s been shortened to just `Messages` on the Play Store listing. What a world we live in. How it looked before today. To be clear, this isn`t going to have any effect on the name shown in your app drawer. Read MoreGoogle shortens `Android Messages` to just `Messages` on its Play Store listing was written by the awesome team at Android Police.