Samsung Messages is shutting down in the U.S. for most Galaxy phones running Android 12 or newer. Switch to Google Messages before the July 6 deadline by making it your default SMS app—your ...

The end of Samsung Messages as the messaging app on your Samsung phone has reached its final moments. Back in April, Samsung announced that it was shutting down its own messages app in the US in favor ...

As announced earlier this year, the Samsung Messages app is about to shut down, In April, Samsung confirmed that its Messages app would shut down in favor of Google Messages, and now that time has ...

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Samsung Messages goes dark for US users this July. Any text history that hasn’t been migrated beforehand won’t be coming back. July is when Samsung Messages stops working, and for anyone still using ...

Linq developers can now build iMessage Apps. These are interactive mini-apps that run inside a iMessages conversation. A user can shop, play a game, book a flight, or pay. None of it requires leaving ...

Apart from having some features that Android phones don't have, one of the main selling points of the iPhone and Apple's devices has always been security and encryption. You've likely heard stories ...

Samsung Messages will be discontinued in July 2026, making now the right time for Galaxy users to switch if they haven’t already. The move to Google Messages gives Galaxy users access to RCS (again), ...

Samsung is shutting down its Messages app for US Galaxy users and forcing them to switch to Google Messages on July 6, 2026. After that date, the app will no longer send texts from your phone. The ...

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Google Messages is finally giving Android users more customization and personalization options with “Chat themes.” Update 6/26: Since Tuesday, more Google Messages beta users (version 20260622_01_RC00 ...

iOS 27 beta 2 brings two long-requested RCS upgrades to Apple’s Messages app: reactions now display properly on Android instead of as text, and users can finally send in-line replies in RCS chats.