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Samsung is putting nan last nail successful nan coffin for its ain messaging app. The smartphone shaper posted an "End of Service Announcement" connected its website, revealing that nan Samsung Messages app will nary longer beryllium disposable by July of this year. Samsung besides recommended that anyone still utilizing Samsung Messages move complete to Google Messages arsenic nan default messaging app.
For Samsung Messages users successful nan US, nan move to Google offers RCS messaging that lets you nonstop high-quality media, subordinate group chats and get real-time typing indicators nary matter nan smartphone's OS. Galaxy smartphone owners whitethorn suffer retired connected immoderate of nan Samsung Messages customization options, but Google Messages will dress up for it generative AI from Gemini that tin remix your photos successful chats. On apical of those features, Google Messages makes it easier for Samsung users to move chats betwixt a smartphone, tablet aliases smartwatch.
It's nary astonishment that Samsung is only utilizing Google Messages from now on, since it has been phasing retired Samsung Messages for a fewer years now. Dating backmost to nan Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, and past followed by nan Galaxy S25 series, Samsung stopped preloading nan Samsung Messages app and alternatively pre-installed nan Google Messages app. The Samsung Messages app is still disposable connected nan Galaxy Store, but Samsung said nan nonstop last day will yet beryllium announced connected nan app itself.
