Samsung may be getting rid of another One UI feature

Samsung is discontinuing its Samsung News aggregator in South Korea and India, where users have been told the service will end later this year. The change matters because the app, its home-screen media panel and its widgets will stop working, while Samsung may also be preparing to withdraw from the news aggregator market elsewhere.

The shutdown is set for 21 December 2026 in the affected regions; Samsung has not confirmed whether it will apply to US users or other markets. Samsung News launched in 2023 after earlier versions called Bixby Home, Samsung Daily and Samsung Free, but Google Discover is already enabled by default on newer One UI versions. Users can switch to Discover or disable the panel, though publication follows and preferences will not transfer.