It’s officially the end of an era for the Samsung Galaxy community: Samsung is discontinuing its messaging app. If you’re a Samsung Messages user, the company says you should plan to migrate to Google Messages to “upgrade your messaging experience.”
This deprecation isn’t taking effect immediately, however. According to Samsung’s official end of service announcement, the company will discontinue Samsung Messages in July 2026. That means you still have roughly three months to keep using the app, if it happens to be your messaging client of choice. That said, the company is encouraging users to set Google Messages as their default messaging app today to “maintain a consistent messaging experience on Android.” Samsung says the app will tell users when service will be discontinued.
Samsung is really pushing Google Messages in this end-of-service announcement. The company touts the app’s features, like Scam Detection, RCS messaging, AI features, and cross-platform connectivity, so
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