India, April 6 -- Samsung Galaxy smartphone users will soon have to ditch the company's official messaging app, that is, the Samsung Messages app. The company has officially confirmed that it is shutting down its Messages app later this year. Once the app shuts down, Samsung smartphone users will have to switch to the Google Message app, which will also become the default messaging app on Galaxy devices.

It is worth mentioning that this switch to Google Messages app has been long coming. As per media reports, Samsung stopped shipping its Galaxy smartphones with Samsung Messages as the default messaging app app, a few years ago. The app, however, continued to come pre-installed on its devices. But that changed in 2024 when the company sto...