Samsung Messages is scheduled to shut down in the US, with an official End of Service Announcement confirming that Google Messages will take over as the standard client. The notice applies to carrier variants that previously shipped with Samsung’s own texting app set as default on Galaxy devices.

The move pushes users toward Google Messages and its Rich Communication Services, which offer features closer to internet chat platforms than to legacy SMS. The change also simplifies software maintenance across Android devices by reducing duplication between two preinstalled messaging stacks from Samsung and Google.

Existing conversations in Samsung Messages are expected to remain on device, but new text activity will route through Google’s app once the switch is enforced. The transition marks a further consolidation of core Android communication services under Google’s umbrella, while Samsung continues to differentiate through hardware and interface layers rather than a parallel messaging ecosystem.