Report: Samsung pulling the plug on ChatOn messaging service

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If the reports are correct, Samsung may want to consider changing the name of its instant message platform from ChatOn to ChatOff. Amid a current management shakeup and falling smartphone profits, the company will be shutting ChatOn down in some regions, according to the Korea Times.

Samsung ChatOn

SamMobile spotted the news, noting that Samsung will likely keep ChatOn available in areas where it has a solid foothold against competing IM and chat services such as WhatsApp, WeChat Viber and BBM to name a few. As of now, ChatOn, which launched in 2011, is supported in 120 countries around the globe.

Over time, Samsung wisely expanded ChatOn support beyond its own brand of devices, bringing client support for [company]Google[/company] Android, [company]Apple[/company] iOS, [company]Microsoft[/company] Windows Phone and even the web, among many other devices and methods. And it has a large number of potential users on its own devices since Samsung…

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