Samsung will shut down its built-in news app on December 21, 2026.
The app, the home-screen widget and the leftmost news page all stop working.
The cutoff is December 21, 2026, at 00:00 UTC, per Samsung's in-app notice.
The notice appeared in India and South Korea. Other countries are likely to follow.
Samsung recommends removing the Samsung News widget from your home screen.
Samsung will delete News user data, profiles and personalization after the shutdown.
Bixby Home, Samsung Daily, Samsung Free, then Samsung News. All four are now gone.
Samsung is cutting smaller services. Samsung News never beat Google Discover.
The leftmost home-screen panel will probably show Google Discover only.
Open the app and save what matters. Remove the widget. Pick Google Discover.
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