Samsung is discontinuing its Messages app. If you're still using it to send texts on your Galaxy phone, it will stop working in July 2026. After that date, you won't be able to send or receive messages through the app except for emergency services.
Samsung stopped preinstalling Messages on new Galaxy phones years ago, but millions of users on older devices still rely on it. The company is now forcing everyone to migrate to a different texting app — primarily Google Messages, which comes preinstalled on most recent Galaxy phones.
