Samsung's homegrown texting app is shutting down in July. Here's how to migrate without losing a single message.

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When Samsung pulled the plug on its Messages app for U.S. Galaxy owners earlier this year, the company offered a simple ...

Samsung is phasing out Samsung Messages by July 2026 in the U.S. and pushing Google Messages, but scam texts are targeting ...

The end is near for Samsung Messages. The tech giant has officially confirmed that its native messaging app will be discontinued in July 2026, closing the chapter on a long-running platform that ...

Samsung to Shut Down Its Messaging App, Switch to Google Messages in July Your email has been sent Samsung is saying goodbye to its own texting app and handing the keys to Google. The company will ...

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has rolled out measures to block calls and SMS messages that ...

UPDATE (March 17, 2026): The Google Messages app now has several new features, though they’re a part of the beta app, not the stable one. Google is testing yet another feature which is not yet ...

MessageGate turns your Android smartphone into an SMS/MMS gateway. This fork started from SMS Gate, which we already used in our company, and extends it with MMS-first functionality required by our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. There’s a message setting on your smartphone that you’ve ...