Samsung may have shut down some of its services in recent months, but ChatOn? It’s not going anywhere. While The Korea Times claimed that Samsung was going to drop its messaging service on a “region-to-region” basis because it wasn’t making cash, the company tells The Verge that those rumors are “false.” The service will stick around for people “worldwide,” it says. That’s good to hear, although it’s true that ChatOn isn’t the most popular messaging hub around.
Shaken up by a recent downturn in phone sales and profitability, Samsung is now reassessing all aspects of its operations and “streamlining its business units.” That’s turning out to be bad news for the company’s cross-platform messaging app ChatOn, which, it has been determined, “isn’t a business that can show improvement in the future.” Multiple Samsung officials are cited by The Korea Times in a report that says ChatOn will be gradually phased out on a region-by-region basis as Samsung looks to cut its losses and focus on more profitable ventures. The official line from Samsung itself, however, is that such reports are false and ChatOn will continue to be offered worldwide — though the company declines to specify for how long or whether development of the software will continue.
