We’re quickly approaching the debut of the OnePlus Nord and, ahead of that official launch, OnePlus continues to tease information about the device. Now, in a brief video on Instagram, OnePlus has validated some Google apps that will come pre-loaded on Nord, consisting of Google Messages.
Google apps are a key part of a lot of Android smartphones, but OEMs often have replacements or alternatives to a few of them. OnePlus, for example, has long shipped its phones with the company’s own dialer and SMS apps pre-installed. It appears, however, that we’ll see a change to that with Nord.
Why would OnePlus alter? In the video, the company pretty much says that