Samsung's homegrown texting app is shutting down in July. Here's how to migrate without losing a single message.

With the Samsung Messages going away, many Android users will be exclusively using Google Messages, which was already the ...

You can use RCS in any way you like, as long as it's through Google Messages.

RCS is a developed communication protocol that modernizes text messaging using a user’s mobile data plan to send text messages via SMS or MMS. Google began promoting widespread use of RCS in 2019, ...

You have until July to find an alternative. Samsung recommends Google Messages.

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Samsung is phasing out Samsung Messages by July 2026 in the U.S. and pushing Google Messages, but scam texts are targeting ...