I learned this evening that Samsung Messages is being discontinued in July, Samsung “urging users to switch to Google Messages as the default SMS and RCS app. This change affects devices running Android 12 or newer, while older devices will continue to support Samsung Messages for now.”

Samsung link

While I’m not a fan of this, I use Textra anyway, so it won’t affect me directly. It will, however, probably affect others in my family, who will in turn rely on me to help support it.

I’m trying to figure out the implications now, but one of the first questions I’ve received was, “will it keep all the messages that are on my phone now?” And so far, I can’t find an answer to that.

Have any of you delved into this yet?

Old news. They did this when I had Samsung more than a year ago. Not sure why they're doing it again.

Just looked& i haven't used Samsung messages in a long time, been on Google messages for years

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Originally posted by vthoky:
I’m trying to figure out the implications now, but one of the first questions I’ve received was, “will it keep all the messages that are on my phone now?” And so far, I can’t find an answer to that.

Yes, it's a seamless transition. All your prior message conversations carry over. The Google Messages app icon even replaces the Samsung Messages icon on your hotbar.

The UI layout is slightly different, and it has some additional features, but that's the only real difference.

I don't think the designers of "text messaging" intended that it was to be used for long term storage, they already had e-mail for that. Since this appears to be a widely-desired feature, I'd look for an extension and/or alternative reader that supports exporting of messages to, e.g., a text file.

If the messaging apps are pointed to the same SMSC (short message service center), then they should all see the same not-marked-as-deleted messages. Unfortunately, the appropriate SMSC appears to be set by your carrier and/or the SMS app you are using, not a user-configurable parameter.

What? You thought these messages were actually stored on your phone? How would that help your carrier mine your data?

Also, check your carrier's website, some of them offer a way to forward your SMS's to an e-mail address, although this is probably going to be tedious if you have a lot of them saved.

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Originally posted by architect:
What? You thought these messages were actually stored on your phone? How would that help your carrier mine your data?

Since I can access the messages in airplane mode, and my messaging app has around 50mb of data stored, i'm pretty sure they are storfed on my phone.
Besides, they already mined the data in transit.