My thinking based off news feed I get around Samsung is they won't kill it because they going still use around the world besides US they for now make US users download it instead of having 2 message apps, if they do the same in other parts of the world then it's safe to assume Samsung will eventually kill it off .It looks like for now, Samsung Messages isn't going away, but it will probably no longer be developed. But considering how much Samsung has pivoted to using Google Messages, I wouldn't be surprised if they ultimately kill Samsung Messages completely. https://us.community.samsung.com/t5.../m-p/2958753/redirect_from_archived_page/true