The Samsung News app is being discontinued, and there's no replacement yet

Samsung is about to kill another built-in Galaxy feature, and this time it's the news feed that many users probably haven't noticed anymore.In a confirmation from the company spotted by SamMobile, the Samsung News app will be discontinued on December 21, 2026, at 00:00 UTC — leaving Galaxy phone and tablet owners bereft of one of the platform’s familiar ways to catch up on daily headlines.(Image credit: Samsung / SamMobile)The shutdown will affect more than just the Samsung News app.

Its home screen widget will no longer get updated with new content, and the media page you can access by swiping right from the leftmost home screen will be gone.Samsung has already begun sending shutdown notices to users in India and South Korea, urging them to remove the widget before the service is discontinued.Samsung will also erase all user data related to the service after the shutdown.

This includes personal information, account profiles, and personalization settings.

Some information may be kept temporarily, as mandated by local law, but Samsung says it will be deleted eventually.Samsung News is not new.

It launched in April 2023, succeeding Samsung Free, and continuing a surprisingly long line of shuttered news-feed services.

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