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Samsung has quietly disabled one of its original apps for users of the Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 Ultra.
The company has created its Samsung message -app completely inaccessible to users of its latest series of flagship phones, rather than equip these devices with Google messages by default.
The Galaxy S25 family are not the first Samsung phones to be launched without Samsung messages -Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 debuted last year with Google Messages as their Standard Messaging app. However, users of these phones had the opportunity to install and enable Samsung messages later. The Galaxy S25 owners have no such opportunity -it’s Google Messages or Nothing.
As Phoneearena notes, Samsung messages users on older Galaxy models who already have the app installed will be able to continue using it.
However, some concern about the future of Samsung messages has emerged on older devices – with the app drawn from the stores and no future support promised, it is unlikely to see significant updates and can even miss out on security updates.
A spokesman for Samsung issued a statement to Android Authority on January 23, providing some insight into the company’s decision to switch to Google Notices: “With the close collaboration between Google and Samsung, we have chosen to migrate all services to Google – messages and is sunset Samsung messages. It is no longer available in the Play Store; However, those who chose to use Samsung messages are still capable of it. “
The statement adds that Google Messages’ improved RCS functionality was a factor in the decision: “We believe that the additional functionality of RCS messages on Google messages creates an improved user experience for both Android-to-Android messages and across platforms. “
Previous steps away from Samsung messages and against Google messages have been met with setbacks from loyal Galaxy fans. A thread of R/Googleessages discussing Verizon’s decision to drop RCS support from Samsung messages in December 2024, included comments like “Samsung got me to use Google messages. Can Google leave any place untouched[?]”From the User Lum-5460.
Despite possible protests, we are unlikely to see this decision reversed. Google messages come pre-installed on all the best Android phones, and thanks to this switch it will be standard on the best Samsung phones that are moving forward.
