All change for Samsung — what to know.
Samsung versus Google has not really been a thing yet — but watch this space. The two shared a stage at Samsung’s Galaxy S25 flagship launch, a phone steeped in Google software and AI. But when it comes to Android upgrades and monthly security updates, the Korean giant plays second bat to Google’s much smaller Pixel ecosystem.
, with the threat that its and Android’s leading OEMs will depart for a Google free alternative with Huawei. That would leave Android dominated by the Galaxy-maker while under the control of the Pixel-maker. You can see the problem.Google has just assured that Samsung will launch Android 16 this summer. Hopefully a more seamless rollout than the Android 15 debacle, but still some months behind Pixel by the time it reaches users. AsAgainst that backdrop, it’s hard not to read anything into Samsung’s surprising new update decision. “Samsung Messages was going to die,”Key House Committee Advances Trump’s Signature Policy Bill After Conservative Holdouts Secure Tweaks This is a huge year for secure messaging. Cross-platform RCS is due an end-to-end encryption upgrade, bringing full content security to stock Android to iPhone messaging for the first time. While WhatsApp faces a furor after Meta forced its AI on users without an opt-out. As an aside, youThe new updates to Samsung Messages are just table-stake catch-ups to Google’s own Messages apps: “Live location sharing, birthday reminders, reactions, and more,” perlatest APK teardown. But the significance is that there are any “big updates” at all. A year ago, we sawreports, “but it could now get 4 new features to take on Google Messages… We feared the worst for Samsung Messages when the Galaxy S25 series launched without the app on board – Google Messages was preinstalled instead – but it seems Samsung Messages isn’t actually going away, as a major batch of new updates have been spotted." As I have pointed out, the news out of China is a game-changer for Samsung and Android. The Galaxy-maker needs to decide how it wants to operate in a world where it dominates but does not control. All other leading OEMs — including Apple and Google — would control their hardware and software stack. Samsung would suddenly be the outlier, despite selling more phones than anyone else. Something needs to give.
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