Samsung Messages app to shut down on July 6, 2025, as Google Messages takes over
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Ben Schoon
18h ago· 2 min readenNews
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Samsung is shutting down its Samsung Messages app on July 6, 2025, after years of transitioning users to Google Messages. The app was the default SMS app on Galaxy phones for years, but the shift to RCS messaging led Samsung to make Google Messages the default in 2022, stop pre-installing its own app in the US in 2024, and actively push users to Google's app. A brief 2025 update added RCS support and features to Samsung Messages, but the shutdown is now proceeding as planned.
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· 3 pulledAs announced earlier this year, the Samsung Messages app is about to shut down
Samsung Messages has been the pre-installed SMS app on Galaxy phones for years, but the rise of RCS has slowly pushed the company away from its own app
In 2025, there was a brief resurgence for Samsung Messages, including RCS support and some new features, but Samsung ult
As announced earlier this year, the Samsung Messages app is about to shut down, Samsung Messages has been the pre-installed...
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