Certified devices are allowed to come with Google’s suite of apps pre-installed, including critical ones like Google Play Services.
It was once possible to manually install those Google apps onto an uncertified Android device.That is until two years ago when Google began preventing uncertified devices from even logging in to a Google Account.
Broadly speaking, Google Messages has been irrelevant to the conversation of uncertified Android devices, as the app is not preinstalled on most devices, and must instead be installed via the Google Play Store.Simply put, if your phone is an uncertified Android device, you’ll lose access to the Google Messages app starting on March 31.Last year, when Google reiterated that Huawei device owners shouldn’t sideload Play Services onto their phones, they emphasized that uncertified devices have not had their security verified?