- More updates are apparently on the best way to Samsung Messages
- Previously, it seemed just like the app was on the best way out
- Google Messages was the default messaging app on the Galaxy S25
We feared the worst for Samsung Messages when the Galaxy S25 sequence launched with out the app on board – Google Messages was preinstalled as a substitute – nevertheless it appears Samsung Messages is not truly going away, as a significant batch of latest updates have been noticed.
These updates have not been formally introduced or pushed out to customers, however the staff at Android Authority has seen them within the newest app code. The indicators are that Samsung is eager to maintain the rival to Google Messages alive in spite of everything.
The options which have been found embody birthday reminders for the folks in your contacts checklist, dwell location sharing (additionally apparently on the best way to Google Messages), and help for emoji and sticker reactions to messages.
Another upcoming characteristic that is been noticed hyperlinks Samsung Messages to Now Brief, the AI-powered replace panel on the newest Samsung telephones. It seems that Now Brief will quickly have the ability to present alerts about suspicious, malicious, and blocked messages.
What occurs subsequent?
That’s fairly the characteristic dump, together with some large new upgrades, even when it is not dwell but. It does not actually match with the thought of an app that is on the best way out – and also you may bear in mind it received full help for RCS chats again in February as nicely.
It’s blended messaging from Samsung, as a result of there is not any doubt that Samsung Messages was, genuinely, on the best way out. Samsung even used the phrase “sunsetting” in a press release issued in January, because the app was faraway from the Google Play Store.
You can nonetheless get at Samsung Messages by the Galaxy Store, nevertheless, should you’ve received a Samsung telephone. We’ll have to attend and see whether or not these new options include any contemporary bulletins from Samsung after they truly see the sunshine of day.
It’s additionally going to be attention-grabbing to see if Samsung Messages seems on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Samsung Galaxy Flip 7, due in July. The 2024 variations of these telephones have been truly the primary to come back with out Samsung Messages preloaded.
