Where have "predefined SMS messages" gone in Android 5? I bought a Motorola smartphone two years ago with Android 4.4. Previously I had an HTC with Android 2.6. with which I could (and did) use predefined SMS messages (such as "Sorry, late, bla bla bla", "Hi, what's up?").

I couldn't find the option in 4.4 and in 5 either, now that I can upgrade my phone to Lollipop. Are those options gone?

For the sake of curiosity and thoroughness (and since the choice is offered to me) I tried selecting Hangouts as my "preferred" SMS app, in the hope another application, another set of options, maybe "predefined SMS messages" lie there... Not only did I not find what I was looking for but also selecting "Hangouts" as my favourite SMS app... disables SMS messages. Wtf? ( &lt;-- that's me sounding perplexed). Go figure.

So have Google developers decided predefined messages were "so has been" or is there an option hidden somewhere?
You should look in the Phone/Dialer app, not SMS/Hangout app. This is from stock Nexus 6 Lollipop:


Open the Phone app


Tap the overflow menu besides the search box and tap "Settings": 


Tap "General"


Tap "Quick Responses":


Edit your quick responses editing the text box that pops up when you tap on the list view: