Samsung is ending Messages in July: 5 replacements I'd switch to now ...

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

Samsung is telling people to switch to Google Messages, which offers a few advantages over its aging counterpart.

A few years ago, we could only send plain text messages with 160 characters. There was no option to include any media or attachments, which kept the messages close to 140 bytes. But the Messages app ...