Samsung has decided to shut down its self-made communications platform in favor of the widely used one from Android. Many brands have used Google Messages for many years as their default messaging ...

You can use RCS in any way you like, as long as it's through Google Messages.

Samsung will stop supporting its Messages app for U.S. users in July 2026. The company is directing affected customers to Google Messages as a replacement, a move that shifts more Galaxy messaging ...

Samsung is discontinuing its messaging app and transitioning to Google Messages by the summer. In an End of Service Announcement shared the week of March 30, Samsung said it will discontinue its ...

Samsung will discontinue its Messages app in July 2026, pushing users to Google Messages with RCS, AI, and security upgrades. Samsung is saying goodbye to its own texting app and handing the keys to ...

As a long-time staple on Pixel phones that recently took over for Samsung Messages in the U.S., Google Messages is the closest thing we have to a default texting app on Android. It has built-in RCS ...