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

You have until July to find an alternative. Samsung recommends Google Messages. If Samsung Messages is your preferred way to ...

Samsung Messages shutdown in the U.S. comes July 6, 2026 with Google Messages as replacement, messages should carry over ...

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

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

For some time now, WhatsApp users have had disappearing messages at their disposal. These do what they say on the tin, making chats disappear after a set amount of time to erase the record of ...

Google has turned Google Messages encryption on by default for all current and future users. Group RCS chats are also now fully encrypted. Some users might need to agree to a TOS alert before RCS will ...

You can now turn on disappearing messages by default and pick whether you want a message to fade after one, seven or 90 days. Alexandra is an associate editor on CNET's Performance Optimization team.