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If you use Samsung's built-in texting app, you'll need an alternative soon. Here's why, and your best options.

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Here are the best messaging apps to replace Samsung Messages before it shuts down.

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Samsung has announced that it'll discontinue Samsung Messages in July 2026, with Google Messages taking its place.

Samsung Messages will finally shut down permanently in July. It's a big and controversial change, but it needs to happen.

The freedom that an Android phone offers also comes with a price, and one of the biggest is the app overload. Unlike iOS and other Apple devices, where iMessage dominates everyday conversation between ...