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When Android P drops, Samsung will discontinue Samsung Movie Maker
July 30, 2025
If this is the first time you’re hearing about Samsung Movie Maker, don’t sweat it; the app is not exactly front and center on Galaxy devices. But the movie editor app does exist, andSamsungwill be discontinuing the product whenAndroid Plands.
Samsung Movie Maker is a hidden app that only launches when you start to edit a video shot on devices like theSamsung Galaxy S8orGalaxy Note 8. Movie Maker helps you do simplevideo editing taskslike cropping, trimming, and adding overlays.
Samsung hasn’t made a formal announcement about the eventual death of Samsung Movie Maker, but the end of the app is assured.Android Policediscoveredin the upload notes for the APK that “Samsung Movie Maker service will be terminated after Android P (or Android 9.0) update.” The site also obtained a screenshot of what users will see when they update Movie Maker:
According to the notification, the app itself is not the only thing that will be deleted: all projects made in Movie Maker will be removed as well, so be sure to back up any MM projects you might have before making the Android P upgrade.
However, let’s be frank here — it will be a while before any Samsung devices get Android P. Considering that the U.S. variants of the Galaxy S8 arejust now getting Android 8.0 Oreo(which isn’t even the latest version of the operating system) it will most likely be awhile before any Samsung devices have Android 9.0.
You can read more about what Android 9.0 has in store for you bychecking out our coverageof the developer preview released earlier this month.
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