iPhone and Android RCS messages get end-to-end encryption
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Samsung Messages Is Going Away in July: Save Your Texts Before It Disappears
Samsung Messages is shutting down this summer. Users aren't happy about it. Here are five things our readers say they'll miss about the app.
Android and iPhone users will finally be able to send end-to-end encrypted text messages to each other. The feature started rolling out in beta on Monday
To back up your Samsung Messages texts, connect your SSD to your phone, open the Smart Switch app by going to Settings > Accounts and backup > Smart Switch, select the storage icon in the top right corner, then Back up, and tap Messages. The phone should begin packaging your texts into a readable file.
Android owners will need to have the latest version of Google Messages installed.