# Bixby Home to Samsung News: A Short History of Endings

Samsung News is the fourth name in a line of preloaded Galaxy content feeds: Bixby Home (2017) became Samsung Daily (2019), then Samsung Free (2020), then Samsung News (2023) - and Samsung Free itself was discontinued on 2025-12-16. SamMobile suggested that AI's disruption of web search may be a factor, though Samsung has said nothing itself.

## Key facts

- The lineage: Bixby Home (2017) -> Samsung Daily (2019) -> Samsung Free (2020) -> Samsung News (2023).
- Samsung Free was discontinued on 2025-12-16.
- SamMobile noted that AI changing the web search landscape may be a factor - SamMobile's interpretation, not a Samsung statement.
- Samsung gave no official reason for ending Samsung News.
- No successor to Samsung News has been announced.

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