Samsung Messages Is Going Away for Good. Here's How to Save Everything First
There's a hard cutoff coming for Samsung Messages, and it's closer than most people realize. The app stops functioning for US users in July 2026, and unlike a lot of software transitions, this one doesn't offer much of a grace period, when it's gone, access to any unmigrated text history goes with it. Moving to Google Messages is the natural destination, and Samsung has made the process relatively painless for those who start early. The mistake would be treating this like a low-priority item and discovering in July that years of conversations didn't make the trip.
On a page with information about the switch, Samsung points to instructions on how to swap over to Google's Messages app, including for phones that are still on Android 12 and Android 13. Samsung has historically included its own Messages app on Galaxy phones, but began transitioning toward Google Messages as early as...
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