Samsung Ends Quick Measure and AR Doodle in the Galaxy Store on December 31

Samsung will remove the Quick Measure and AR Doodle apps from the Galaxy Store on December 31, according to a report published by Engadget on November 15, 2026. The removal is scheduled, not yet completed, and it ends both apps' availability to new users.

Quick Measure is an augmented reality (AR) app that uses a phone's camera and motion tracking to measure distances and areas. AR Doodle lets users sketch on photos and videos and add 3D effects to them. Both are distributed through Samsung's own app storefront, which is where the removal takes effect.

After December 31, Samsung will stop new downloads of both apps and end update support for them. Users who already have Quick Measure or AR Doodle installed can keep using them, Samsung stated, but some features may not function properly. The company also stated that neither app will receive compatibility updates for future versions of its operating system.

That last point carries most of the practical weight. An installed app keeps running on its device, but its behavior depends on the platform underneath it. Camera pipelines, sensor access, and AR tracking stacks change with each OS release, and an app that receives no further builds has no way to adapt. Samsung's wording, 'some features may not function properly,' describes gradual degradation rather than a hard cutoff, and it leaves the timing of any breakage to future OS releases.

For existing users, the change is mostly invisible on day one. For anyone setting up a new Galaxy device, or reinstalling an app after a factory reset, the apps will no longer be available from the store. That is a discovery and distribution change, and it removes the simplest path to a working copy of either tool.

Samsung also stated that it is committed to returning with improved services in the future. Read alongside the December 31 cutoff, that statement suggests the company is treating these two apps as ending in their current form, with any successor left open.

The broader context here is a familiar one for anyone who has managed a mobile fleet or maintained a consumer app. Single-capability utilities, such as a measurement tool or a photo annotation tool, sit at the margins of a platform roadmap. When the platform owner decides the feature belongs elsewhere, or that maintenance no longer pays, these apps stop receiving the work that keeps them compatible. Users who depended on them learn about the change from a store notice rather than a migration path.

In my view, the more useful lesson for developers and product teams is about dependency rather than Samsung specifically. An app's lifespan is set less by its first release than by the engineering budget that follows it, and by whether the platform APIs it relies on stay stable. Users who depend on a particular measurement or annotation workflow should check whether their device's built-in tools cover the same ground before December 31, while the apps still install cleanly.

Samsung has not said whether the 'improved services' it has promised will take a form that replaces these tools. For now, the verifiable facts are narrow: two apps, one removal date, no new downloads or updates afterward, and a continued but uncertain path for devices that already have them installed.