Samsung Messages Is Going Away in July: Save Your Texts Before It Disappears
Samsung will retire its Samsung Messages app in July, ending support for SMS, MMS, and RCS messaging on the platform in the US. Users are advised to switch to Google Messages to retain access to full messaging features and chat history. While older devices on Android 11 or lower are not affected, Samsung encourages all users to transition to a supported app.
- ▪Samsung will retire its Samsung Messages app in July, discontinuing SMS, MMS, and RCS support in the US.
- ▪Google Messages has been the default messaging app on new Galaxy devices since 2024.
- ▪After the shutdown, only emergency messaging will function on Samsung Messages.
- ▪Users with older Galaxy Watches running Tizen OS will lose access to full conversation history.
- ▪Samsung stopped preinstalling its Messages app alongside Google Messages in 2024.
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If your Galaxy phone still relies on Samsung Messages for everyday texting, its days are numbered. Samsung has confirmed it will retire its long-running messaging app this July, ending support for SMS, MMS and RCS on the platform across the US. The shift has been a long time coming. Google Messages has been the default on new Galaxy devices since 2024. But for holdouts, the looming shutdown means it's time to act before your texts and chat history are stuck in limbo.On a page with information about the switch, Samsung points to instructions on how to swap over to Google's Messages app, including for phones that are still on Android 12 and Android 13.
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