Overview
- Samsung published an end‑of‑service notice saying Samsung Messages will stop working in July 2026, with only emergency texts still allowed and the app pulled from the Galaxy Store after the cutoff.
- Users are told to check the Samsung Messages app for the exact shutdown date, which Samsung has not announced publicly.
- The shutdown targets Galaxy devices on Android 12 or newer, while phones and tablets on Android 11 or earlier can keep using Samsung Messages.
- Samsung is pushing an in‑app switch to Google Messages with simple steps, noting that on Android 14 the Google Messages icon may auto‑move into the dock and that newer models like Galaxy S26 already cannot install Samsung Messages.
- Samsung warns some pre‑2022 devices may see temporary RCS chat disruptions during the switch, Tizen‑based watches will lose full conversation history, and Google Messages brings RCS features, Gemini‑powered replies and photo remixing, scam and spam detection, and multi‑device syncing.