- The Samsung Galaxy S25 series marks the end of the Samsung messages
- Samsung’s last flagships come with Google messages such as the default messenger application
- Samsung messages has been extracted from digital windows
Samsung has silently disabled one of its native applications for Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 ultra.
The company has caused its Samsung messages not to be available for users of its last set of flagship phones, instead of equipping these devices with Google messages by default.
The Galaxy S25 family is not the first Samsung phones to launch without Samsung messages: the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 debut last year with Google messages such as its default messaging application. However, users of these phones had the option to install and enable Samsung messages later. Galaxy S25 owners have no such option: they are Google messages or nothing.
As Phonerena points out, Samsung users messages in the oldest galaxy models who already have the installed application can continue to use it.
However, some concern about the future of Samsung messages has emerged in older devices, with the application extracted from stores and without promised future support, it is unlikely that you see significant updates and safety updates can even be lost.
A Samsung spokesman issued a statement to Android Authority on January 23 who offers an idea of the company’s decision to exchange Google messages: “With the close collaboration between Google and Samsung, we have chosen to migrate all services to messages to messages from Google and are Samsung’s sunsets. Messages. It is no longer available in Play Store; However, those who chose to use Samsung messages can still do it. ”
The statement adds that the improved RCS functionality of Google messages was a factor in the decision: “We believe that the additional functionality of the RCS messages in Google’s messages creates an improved user experience for both Android’s messages to Android and for the platforms “.
Previous steps from Samsung’s messages and towards Google’s messages have encountered a violent reaction from Loyal Galaxy fans. A thread about R/Googlemeages that discussed Verizon’s decision to eliminate RCS support from Samsung messages in December 2024 included comments such as “Samsung made me change to Google’s messages less than a week ago and has been horrible from Then “of the user Wolfievond, and” not happy to have to use Google messages. Can Google leave any intact space?[?]”User user users-5460.
Despite any possible protest, we are unlikely to see this reversal decision. Google messages is pre -installed in all the best Android phones and, thanks to this switch, it will be standard on the best Samsung phones in the future.
