{"id":371167,"date":"2026-06-29T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=371167"},"modified":"2026-06-29T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:24:08","slug":"samsung-messages-is-shutting-down-in-the-u-s-many-galaxy-users-will-need-to-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/samsung-messages-is-shutting-down-in-the-u-s-many-galaxy-users-will-need-to-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Messages is shutting down in the U.S.: many Galaxy users will need to switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samsung says it\u2019s shutting down Samsung Messages in the U.S. in July 2026. For a lot of Galaxy owners, that means the texting app they\u2019ve used for years is finally going away, and Samsung is making its move to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-new-features-of-google-messages-will-leave-you-speechless-or-rather-the-opposite\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Messages<\/a> official.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve got a Galaxy device in the U.S. running <strong>Android 12 or newer<\/strong>, Samsung wants you to switch to Google Messages. If you\u2019re still on Android 11 or older, Samsung says you\u2019re not being forced off right away, and your chat history should transfer automatically. Some older threads might not show up immediately, though. Samsung says it can take up to 24 hours for them to appear.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has been coming for a while. Samsung has been aligning more closely with Google, and the change also matches the broader push toward Rich Communication Services, or RCS. That\u2019s what gives you <strong>higher-quality photos and videos<\/strong>, read receipts, typing indicators, better group chats, and stronger messaging over data. Samsung has already been moving in this direction since Google Messages became the default on Galaxy S21 phones, and then stopped pre-installing Samsung Messages on new flagship phones in 2024.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that Apple supports RCS on the iPhone too, messaging between Android and iPhone should keep getting better. Still, some people are going to miss Samsung Messages, whether it\u2019s the interface, a feature they preferred, or just plain habit. Samsung also hasn\u2019t shared any timeline for regions outside the U.S. If you still rely on Samsung Messages, this is probably something to get ahead of now.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download Google Messages from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/google-play.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play Store<\/a><\/strong> or use the prompts Samsung shows on your device. Just don\u2019t grab it from some fake download link.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung says it\u2019s shutting down Samsung Messages in the U.S. in July 2026. For a lot of Galaxy owners, that means the texting app they\u2019ve used for years is finally going away, and Samsung is making its move to Google Messages official. If you\u2019ve got a Galaxy device in the U.S. running Android 12 or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/samsung-messages-is-shutting-down-in-the-u-s-many-galaxy-users-will-need-to-switch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Samsung Messages is shutting down in the U.S.: many Galaxy users will need to switch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":371166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-371167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371168,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371167\/revisions\/371168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371167"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=371167"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=371167"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=371167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}