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Re:Google Hangouts Removes Merged SMS Conversations, Adds Video by cwkoss on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @06:11PM (#12090065)
Is there a way to force Hangouts to only use SMS?

It's annoying that if I try to text a friend with a google account that doesn't use Hangouts, it defaults to sending them a Hangout message.

Or, does anyone recommend a third-party SMS client?

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Re:Google Hangouts Removes Merged SMS Conversations, Adds Video by mmanfrin on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @06:19PM (#12090131)
This annoys me to no fucking end. Maybe one of the next 8 messaging apps will get it right.
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Re:Google Hangouts Removes Merged SMS Conversations, Adds Video by hartz on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @07:26PM (#12090541)
I've found that Google's Messenger app[0] is a nice, no-frills SMS app (not to be confused with Google's other messaging apps, or any of the other apps called "Messenger")

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

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