Samsung is finally doing what it probably should’ve done years ago: killing its own Messages app. And while this might sound like just another app shutdown, this isn’t just a feature getting deprecated. It’s Samsung basically saying, “Yeah, just use Google’s app instead.”
Samsung Messages is officially getting the boot
Samsung has officially announced that its native Messages app will be discontinued in July 2026, with users being pushed toward Google Messages as the default replacement. Once the cutoff hits, Samsung Messages won’t function like a normal texting app anymore, and in most cases, users will need to switch if they want to keep sending regular texts.
SamsungNow here’s the interesting part: this didn’t come out of nowhere. Samsung has been slowly backing away from its own app for years. As reported by 9to5Google, new Galaxy phones already ship with Google Messages as
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