Samsung Messages is not pre-installed on Galaxy S25 phones

23 January 2025
The service is phased out in favor of Google Messages.

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Oh, dear. I was afraid of this; already on older Galaxy S models still supported by Samsung, they were prompting me to convert to Google Messages, and I kept declining the offer because I want to use as little Google as possible, Android OS notwithstanding. I prefer using Samsung's own Messages system over the Google one, so I guess if I ever need to upgrade in the future, I'll either be looking for a third-party app or finding a way to sideload the old Messages app.

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    • Anonymous
    • myn
    • 23 Jan 2025

    Baffling wording from GSMARENA. They're happy another "duplicate app" is gone but then say othe messaging apps exist, which wouod then also be duplicate apps. What nonsense. Samsung Messages is miles better than Googles app.

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      • astolfo
      • GBh
      • 23 Jan 2025

      eww

      This reminds me of Google pushing all their useless apps around the time Nougat came out.

      There was Books, Movies, Photos, TV, Meet, Hangout, Google+, etc.

      From those, Books reverted to being a store, Movies had the same fate while the others kind of died luckily.

      Photos had a terrible ui and design at the time, which made me hate it so much. You could only see your Cloud stuff mixed up with local albums and it was such a mess if you wanted to just keep one or the other

        Anonymous, 23 Jan 2025If you dont get it, then you shouldnt comment. They push go... moreIf you live under the rock and dont know that every app and even the operation system with heavy skin on it still have the built in data collecting system in the base Android that belongs to google. So even with your specific Samsung apps data can be collected by Android.

        Even if not then why is it tolerable to accept that Samsung collects data and it's better then it's done by google ? While South Korea is a dog for USA that barks when ordered like all the allies to USA.

          Anonymous, 23 Jan 2025Dont be so hard on him. He didnt read the article. Gsmarena... moreFirst of i read the article.
          Secondly i wrote answer to a comment.
          Thirdly if you are so afraid and paranoid about google then why do you still use play store ??

          The comment i replied to was saying that Samsung force you to do something just like Apple force people to use their own messenger app and messages cant come trough that are not trough the same app so they basically force you to have only apple device to apple device communication. Samsung just removed the app from their system.

          Never mind that SMS works without internet as that is something you sent trough your carrier that give you the phone number.

          That SMS is still used only in the feature phones. Everyone with smartphone have all types of different messenger apps.

          Step out of your own fantasy and stop fantasizing what other people do or dont. Read the comment first that got the reply and then judge. When the comment got not much to do with the article then why would reply to it got to do with the article much also ?

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            • Yu22
            • pLh
            • 23 Jan 2025

            Google messages does not have a recycle bin like Samsung messages will miss that.

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              • Anonymous
              • ps8
              • 23 Jan 2025

              Anonymous, 23 Jan 2025Samsung remove things and you say that they dont force anyt... moreDont be so hard on him. He didnt read the article. Gsmarena clearly wrote that you cant download it anynore from Play store

                I though it was the standard since the S22 series.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • iJp
                  • 23 Jan 2025

                  Anonymous, 23 Jan 2025If you dont get it, then you shouldnt comment. They push go... moreYes thats my point. I always remove all google apps, so they will not receive my data. Now we have lesser options.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • na1
                    • 23 Jan 2025

                    pl2rts, 23 Jan 2025I dont get what you talk about. Samsung remove the Samsun... moreIf you dont get it, then you shouldnt comment. They push google message app to record everything from Samsung users. The users will train googles AI for free. All will be recorded and stored on Google servers

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                      • Anonymous
                      • iJp
                      • 23 Jan 2025

                      pl2rts, 23 Jan 2025Well they just removed the app so your not forced on anythi... moreSamsung remove things and you say that they dont force anythink. Lol you have 0 logic

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                        • Anonymous
                        • EDy
                        • 23 Jan 2025

                        Begone the Google bloat war

                          And of course NO SPECIFIC details of migration of keeping SMS MMS and RCS message history intake! Espefially when it comes to porting to and from ios and if older imports or expirts are included in line per date without issue

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                            • Honor user
                            • nya
                            • 23 Jan 2025

                            By by stock sms and dialer apkn. Google shit its here

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Nqs
                              • 23 Jan 2025

                              I've been using only Truecaller for calls and messages since like 2017 as my default. Will never change that.

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                                • Nameless
                                • pdX
                                • 23 Jan 2025

                                So now begins the pushing for AI and other garbage to users. Mandatory google and other crapware products will surface more in the future I suspect. It's a good time to jump the ship.

                                  So now Google gets ALL your RCS messages to their server, stores them and trains their AI on them.

                                  You can of course, revert back to older version of Messages and use plain old SMS, but who wants that?

                                  Welcome to surveillance dystopia 2025

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • xLu
                                    • 23 Jan 2025

                                    That is bad for me because i dont like to use google apps if i want it i can buy pixel or other phone rather than galaxy. Samsung should not give up its main apps for Google if give it up it will be like any other Android phone.

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                                      • anon
                                      • 0pv
                                      • 23 Jan 2025

                                      Google messages is a terrible app , lots of issues with RCS

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                                      Samsung messages has a recycle bin that messages can be restored from up to 30 days

                                      google messages has nothing like that

                                      backward step Samsung

                                        walkman8, 23 Jan 2025Here's the thing. Samsung Messages is also ditching RC... moreWell they just removed the app so your not forced on anything.
                                        Forced would be when Samsung Message would be the only message app you can use. That is more of the Apple case how they force people to use only their apps.

                                        I anyways have different texting apps. The main app that is on the phone i hardly ever use it. Never mind that SMS sent cost money while the apps that need only internet dont cost money on sending text or pictures.

                                        Why SMS is still useful at least for me who orders stuff to post box that needs key code numbers sent by the post box to get my package from it

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