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Alternative to Hangouts - that will read SMS *AND* IM's

CmdrBond

Well-Known Member
I'm looking for a messaging app that will replace Hangouts.

I like the fact that Hangouts IM's and phone SMS's are grouped together.

What I don't like is that there is no dark theme, and that you have to press [SHIFT] to get [CARRIAGE RETURN] - I don't need Emoji's, I need to be able to break up a wall of text!

At the moment, I can cope with using Android's stock messaging on my S3 (I actually quite like the stock app). But when I upgrade to my S5 in a month or 2, I will have to at least install a 3rd party app for SMS.

While there are many to choose from, I would like to be able to replace Hangout's completely and not just the SMS side.

It would be even better if it could integrate Facebook Messenger too, but I seriously doubt that will happen due to the proprietary technologies.

Any suggestions?
 
I don't know if it meets the rest of your requirements, but I can tell you that good old Yahoo Messenger does let you send IMS and SMS too!
 
Disa will handle sms & whatsapp in a single conversation. You will need to join the Google+ group to access it though.
 
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