Samsung is killing another key Galaxy service

Samsung is surprisingly streamlining its secondary service footprint, recently shuttering services like Samsung Daily Plus and overhauling backend platforms like Samsung Community. It now seems Samsung News is next on the chopping block.

Samsung has announced that it will officially discontinue Samsung News on December 21, 2026. According to an official in-app notice spotted by SamMobile, Samsung News will stop delivering content entirely on the shutdown date.

The standalone widget will no longer receive updates, and Samsung recommends that users of Galaxy phones and tablets remove it from their home screens. The leftmost swipe panel on the One UI home screen, which previously hosted Samsung News alongside Google Discover, will likely default to Google Discover exclusively.

Samsung further noted that any personal information collected through the service will be deleted upon termination, retaining only records required by applicable local regulations.

Launched in 2023, Samsung News was the tech giant’s latest attempt to build a viable rival to Google Discover and Apple News, replacing the older Samsung Free (and Samsung Daily and Bixby Home before that). Despite revamping the reading experience with curated daily briefings and partner syndication, the platform never quite managed to unseat Google Discover as the default feed for most Galaxy users.

Samsung has not announced a replacement news aggregator, signaling that the company is stepping away from standalone content curation on Galaxy devices.