rcs texting

Samsung Messages will stop working for affected U.S. Galaxy users on July 6, 2026, with Samsung directing phones running Android 12 or newer to use Google Messages as the replacement for SMS, MMS, and RCS texting. The move ends one of the more visible remnants of Samsung’s old Android...

Samsung will discontinue Samsung Messages for U.S. Galaxy users on July 6, 2026, forcing remaining holdouts to make Google Messages their default SMS, MMS, and RCS app if they want normal texting to continue after the cutoff. The deadline is not just another app migration nag; it is the end of...