A Wall Street-heavy donor group has held private listening sessions with Democrats weighing 2028 presidential bids, including Sen. Mark Kelly of Ariz., former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Govs. Andy Beshear (Ky.) and Josh Shapiro (Pa.), the WSJ reported.

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Just 10 minutes of daily floor exercises may improve balance, flexibility and agility, according to a study conducted by researchers in Japan.

Consumers slammed Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol as “out of touch” this week after he suggested patrons didn’t mind paying $9 for a cup of coffee because they were getting a “premium experience.”

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ICE is unconstitutional and a private army for Trump, Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian-American Muslim running for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, claimed.

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The iconic "Scarface" waterfront estate in Key Biscayne, Florida, once part of Nixon's Winter White House, hits the market at $237 million asking price.

Two people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas, a hallmark of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor.

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Taxpayers and electricity customers face a costly standoff over the Ivanpah solar plant as California regulators block all efforts to shut it down.

The Mexican governor of Sinaloa, who made headlines this week after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a criminal indictment against him, has taken a temporary leave from his post pending the outcome of the scandal. Other public officials from Sinaloa, also named in the indictment, asked for leave.

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A former Democrat mayoral candidate in Plainfield, New Jersey, has admitted forging a huge amount of voter registration applications.

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Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., on Saturday raised concerns about President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw a U.S. brigade from Germany, warning the move could weaken deterrence in Europe and...

The Android operating system is all about customization and user choice, but if you own a Samsung Galaxy phone, you're getting ready to have one less option for texting your friends and family. Samsung recently announced that the official Samsung Messages app is shutting down this summer, and you will need to migrate to an alternative by the deadline.

Phasing out Samsung Messages

Although Google offers its core apps (colloquially known as GApps) on most Android devices for free, Samsung also has its own versions that come preloaded on its Galaxy phone lineup. One of those apps is Samsung Messages.

Samsung didn’t explicitly reveal why it is closing down its messaging app.

Billed as a simple text messaging app, Samsung Messages has long been the place where Galaxy owners send SMS and MMS to friends, family, co-workers, and anyone else with a phone number. That all changed in 2021 with the launch of the Galaxy S21 series. Those were the first phones in Samsung’s lineup to trade Samsung Messages for Google Messages, leading to all subsequent models launching with Google as the default texting option.

This year, Samsung is finally closing the loop, as it plans to shut down Samsung Messages entirely in favor of Google Messages, with a vague end-of-service deadline set for July 2026.

The end of Samsung Messages is a net benefit for users

Although it might be a pain for some users who have still hung on to the aging messages app, the shutdown and migration to Google Messages are actually a good thing. As we covered earlier this year, Google Messages is one of the only text messaging apps on Android that supports Rich Communication Services, the new texting gold standard that replaced SMS and MMS.

In case you need a quick refresher: RCS is better than antiquated texting tech because it offers end-to-end encryption for increased security between Android users (with iPhone encryption coming soon), cross-platform read receipts, improved group messaging features, and support for higher-res media files.

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All in all, RCS is simply better, and since Samsung Messages doesn’t support it, Google’s version seems like a no-brainer.

How to set Google Messages as your default messaging app

Whether you still use Samsung Messages as your daily texting app or you’re not sure which app is set as your default, here’s how to check your settings to ensure that Google Messages is set up correctly:

1. Make sure Google Messages is downloaded and installed on your device. You can grab the app from the Google Play Store if you need it.
2. Open the Settings app on your Samsung Galaxy device.
3. Scroll down and tap “Apps” near the bottom of the page.
4. Select “Choose default apps” at the top.
5. Tap “SMS app.”
6. Make sure the Google Messages app — the one with a blue messages icon and a white background — is selected.

Screenshots by Zach Laidlaw/Galaxy Z Fold7 on Android 16

Some caveats to consider

Before you do anything else, there are a few caveats to the shutdown that you should know:

• Users on older Galaxy devices running Android 11 or lower will not be impacted by the switch. You can continue to use the same text messaging app unabated.
• Users on Android 12 or 13 may need to manually change the Messages app on their dock from Samsung Messages to Google Messages once the switch is complete. Everyone else will see Google Messages in their dock automatically once the switch is made.
• Samsung Messages will still be accessible and functional for emergency use for all users, even after the shutdown window has closed.

The reason Samsung Messages is shutting down

Samsung didn’t explicitly reveal why it is closing down its first-party text messaging app after all these years. However, there are a couple of possible reasons for the switch.

First is RCS support. Google doesn’t necessarily own the technology behind this new messaging standard, but it has championed the solution since bringing it to Android in 2019. More importantly, Google’s acquisition of Jibe Mobile in 2015 — an RCS company — gave it the foundation to sidestep carriers that drag their feet on enabling RCS support, in the same way that Apple subverted carriers with its own iMessage service on iOS. Through Google Messages, Google can control RCS features and adoption throughout the entire Android ecosystem and ensure a consistent experience across devices.

Second, Samsung and Google have grown closer in their partnership over the years, working together on huge projects like the Wear OS reboot in 2021, as well as the Samsung Galaxy XR headset that launched late last year. The switch to Google Messages is just another example of the companies collaborating to centralize and strengthen the Android ecosystem amid the growing threat that is Apple.

A small crowd of leftists gathered in downtown San Antonio on Friday afternoon for a May-Day-Strong demonstration in support of International Workers’ Day. The event quickly pivoted into a protest against a wide range of Trump administration policies as demonstrators chanted slogans and carried signs opposing billionaires, a planned ICE facility, the perceived U.S. embargo on Cuba, ICE agents, the war in Iran, U.S. military action in Venezuela, and in support of queer rights.

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order tightening sanctions on Cuba and authorizing penalties against foreign companies and banks that do business with the country.

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner struck a conciliatory tone toward party leadership in remarks to Newsweek on Saturday, while making clear he will not abandon his populist campaign strategy as Democrats target a potential pickup in Maine.

Chicago residents call for reparations from local to federal government, with some advocating cash payments and others pushing for tax breaks and housing assistance.

King Charles visited the United States in April, and made history as the second monarch to speak during a joint session in Congress.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has ended its contract with Sama, a Kenya-based data annotation company, two months after workers reported viewing sensitive footage ranging from sexual activity to bathroom breaks recorded by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.

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