What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 4: Dual Messenger is now a standard feature

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The Oreo beta is ongoing for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, and we've discovered yet another feature that is included in the latest version of Android for Samsung devices. Dual Messenger is a feature that we have seen on a few Samsung devices this year, but with Oreo, it looks set to become a default part of the company's user interface.

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo: Dual Messenger is now a standard feature

Dual Messenger, as the name may or may not suggest, clones social networking apps that do not officially support multiple accounts to get around the limitation. Basically, once you enable Dual Messenger for an app (for example, WhatsApp or Facebook), you will see two versions of the same app in your app drawer (with the second version indicated by a chain icon in the bottom-right corner). You can login with a different account on each version of the app, and since they act as totally separate apps, you can even use the two at the same time in Multi Window mode.

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 4: Dual Messenger is now a standard feature

Dual Messenger only works with apps that do not officially support multiple accounts, and you will be able to use major ones like Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Snapchat. It's located in the Settings » Advanced Features menu; it's not exactly easy to discover if you're not aware the feature exists, but Dual Messenger works extremely well so we're not complaining.

Wondering what else is new on Android 8.0 Oreo? Check out our What's New with Android 8.0 Oreo series, and let us know if you've discovered something that we haven't!

Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

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First Samsung device: SGH-D500

Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.

Firmware Android 8.0 Dual Messenger Oreo What's New With Android 8.0 Oreo

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 4: Dual Messenger is now a standard feature

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo: Dual Messenger is now a standard feature

Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

[email protected]

First Samsung device: SGH-D500

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