Samsung will discontinue its Messages app in July and replace it with Google’s Leave a comment

Samsung is placing the ultimate nail in the coffin for its personal messaging app. The smartphone maker posted an “End of Service Announcement” on its web site, revealing that the Samsung Messages app will now not be accessible by July of this yr. Samsung additionally really useful that anybody nonetheless utilizing Samsung Messages change over to Google Messages because the default messaging app.

For Samsung Messages customers in the US, the change to Google affords RCS messaging that allows you to ship high-quality media, be part of group chats and get real-time typing indicators irrespective of the smartphone’s OS. Galaxy smartphone house owners might lose out on a number of the Samsung Messages customization choices, however Google Messages will make up for it generative AI from Gemini that may remix your photographs in chats. On prime of these options, Google Messages makes it simpler for Samsung customers to change chats between a smartphone, pill or smartwatch.

It’s no shock that Samsung is simply utilizing Google Messages any more, since it has been phasing out Samsung Messages for just a few years now. Dating again to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, and then adopted by the Galaxy S25 sequence, Samsung stopped preloading the Samsung Messages app and as an alternative pre-installed the Google Messages app. The Samsung Messages app continues to be accessible on the Galaxy Store, however Samsung mentioned the precise last date will finally be introduced on the app itself.