Sad News Samsung Messages app is going away

[Bapun]

With the upcoming Samsung updates, the following screen will appear on user smartphones.

 

[Sparker0i]

I already saw this on my Z Flip 4 US edition when I got the Android 14 update..

 

[Kiran Visal]

Just realised that default app for messages in Samsung A50 was not this one. And it is terrible so I have switched to Microsoft SMS Organizer long back.

 

[Arpan Ghosh]

I'm missing categories in Google Messages.

 

[Bapun]

At first, Samsung dropped its Samsung Messages app in favor of Google Messages. Now, even Verizon is shutting down its Message Plus app in favor of Google’s messaging app.

Verizon has updated its Verizon Messages (Message Plus) FAQ to inform users that the app has shut down and will be fully discontinued on November 7, 2024.

After Samsung, even Verizon is shutting down its texting app in favor of Google Messages

Thanks to RCS, Verizon is shutting down its Message Plus app, asking users to shift to Google Messages and Apple Messages. Read on!

www.androidauthority.com

 

[Bapun]

I thought with One UI 7 the Samsung Messages app will be vanished. But fortunately, they have updated the app so far. Hope they continue to retain it in the future also. It's way better than Google Messages.