Samsung Messages App: Smartphone market giant Samsung has announced a big change for crores of its users. The company has made it clear that its old Samsung Messages app will be completely discontinued from July 2026. After this, users will have to use Google Messages to send and receive messages.
Why is Samsung Messages app being discontinued?
This messaging app of Samsung has been a part of Galaxy smartphones for the last many years but now the company is going to eliminate it completely. After July 2026, this app will stop working on most devices. However, limited use will be possible for emergency numbers or important contacts, but this app will become useless for general messaging.
This change will especially affect those smartphones which run on Android 12 or above. At the same time, this app will continue to run for some time in older Android 11 or below devices.
Why is Samsung moving towards Google Messages?
Actually, Samsung was gradually shifting its users towards Google’s messaging platform for the last few years. Now the company has implemented it officially. Google Messages is already installed in new Galaxy phones and is being set as the default app.
What do users have to do?
If you use a Galaxy phone, then you will have to download the Google Messages app before July and make it the default messaging app. By doing this, your SMS and MMS services will continue to run without any interruption and you will also get the benefit of new features.
What are the benefits of Google Messages?
With Google Messages, users will get many advanced features. It includes RCS (Rich Communication Services) support so you can send high-quality photos and videos, do group chats and see real-time typing indicators. Apart from this, features like AI based smart reply, facility to identify spam messages and multi-device support are also provided in it.
Concerns of users also came to light
However, not all users are happy with this change. Some people liked the interface and customization of Samsung Messages more. At the same time, some users are also worried that now they will have to depend more on Google’s ecosystem.
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