Samsung is retiring Samsung Messages after 17 years, pushing Galaxy users to Google Messages as encrypted RCS texting expands ...

“End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling out today for Android and iPhone users,” Google confirmed on May 11.

Samsung Messages Is Going Away in July: Save Your Texts Before It Disappears ...

The Google Messages install screen on the Google Play store - Koshiro K/Shutterstock Google Messages is the texting app that comes pre-installed on all new Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones. It ...

You may be hearing that Samsung Messages is going away, and for many Android users, that's true. Samsung is quietly phasing out its Samsung Messages app and moving people to Google Messages as the ...

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 ...

I’ve been using Google Messages for years, and for most of that time, I treated it like a basic texting app. I never really explored the settings or paid attention to the extra features. Recently, I ...

Samsung is ending Messages in July: 5 replacements I'd switch to now ...

RCS is the modern upgrade to SMS and MMS, bringing better photos, read receipts, typing indicators, group chats, and growing iPhone-Android support in 2026.

The green bubble isn't gone, but Google Messages just fixed its biggest problem ...