Samsung Ending Support For Messages App in the US in July 2026 – DTH

Samsung will end support for the Messages app in the United States in July 2026, Microsoft will force-update devices running Windows 11 24H2 to 25H2, and Netflix appeals an Italian ruling ordering price rollbacks to 2014 numbers and refunds for subscribers up to €500.

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A previous update to Microsoft Copilot’s Terms of Service, back on October 24th, 2025, stated “Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk.” which somewhat contradicts Microsoft’s advertising efforts around Copilot as a dependable tool for business. PCMag obtained a clarification from a Microsoft spokesperson: “The ‘entertainment purposes’ phrasing is legacy language from when Copilot originally launched as a search companion service in Bing. As the product has evolved, that language is no longer reflective of how Copilot is used today and will be altered with our next update.”

Source: PCMag

Microsoft will force-update devices running Windows 11 24H2 to the 25H2 update before support for 24H2 ends on October 13th, 2026. The automatic rollout will not affect devices managed by organizations and IT departments, focused on machines with Home and Pro versions of 24H2. The update can be manually installed in advance, and users will be able to postpone the update, but not completely opt-out. The Microsoft page on the process notes the force update will be pushed using a “machine learning-based intelligent rollout”.

Source: Tom’s Hardware

Netflix released a vision-language model called Video Object and Interaction Deletion, known as VOID, able to edit video in a more substantial way than currently available tools for removing elements in a scene. The VOID model page shows examples including a clip of people bowling, showing how it would look if the people and ball were removed, keeping the same camera movement and pins now remaining standing. Netflix publicly shared the model on Hugging Face but includes the note it “Requires a GPU with 40GB+ VRAM (e.g., A100).”

Source: The Register

In a ruling published April 1st, the Court of Rome found repeated price increases by Netflix between 2017 and 2024 violated Italian consumer law, as well as EU Directive 93/13/EEC, which covers unfair contract terms. The court orders Netlifx to roll back prices to 2015 levels and requires the company to notify current and former subscribers in Italy about their right to a refund. Refunds can be up to €500 for Premium subscribers and €250 for Standard. Netflix will appeal the ruling.

Source: The Next Web

Following Samsung adding support for Apple’s AirDrop for the Galaxy S26 models and Galaxy A line, Samsung Leaker Tarun Vats reports the feature is coming to older devices like the Galaxy S25, S24, Z Fold 7, and Z Flip 7. Vats says the feature was detected in the upcoming One UI 8.5 beta and already functions in an internal ZZD1 test build.

Source: Digital Trends

Samsung shared an official End of Service Announcement for the Messages app in the United States for July 2026. The app will no longer be available for download after July and Galaxy S26 users are already unable to download it. Samsung will offer a guided process for switching to Google Messages as the default messaging app “to maintain a consistent messaging experience on Android.” Older devices, pre-Android 12, are unaffected by this change.

Source: Android Central

A proposed change for Linux version 7.1 would, after a long run, end support for Intel’s 486 processors. The i486 launched on April 10th 1989 and was discontinued on September 28th, 2007. Linux dropped support for 386 back in 2012.

Source: XDA Developers