While it's not a perfect app, Hangouts has been a wonderful solution for me. That is, until recently. I am a Project Fi user that exclusively uses Hangouts on my phone, tablet and PC for both IM and SMS. I love being able to respond to and create new texts from my PC, and I love(d) having merged conversations. Now I have trouble creating new SMS messages on my PC (have to manually put in the person's number instead of searching their name), and I often end up scrolling for miles to figure out if that address my buddy sent me is in our SMS conversation or our IM conversation within Hangouts since merging is no longer a thing.
I need a solution that lets me easily talk to anyone (so Allo and Duo are out), manage various forms of communication (SMS and IM), and do everything I can do on my phone/tablet on my PC as well. Oh, and it needs to be simple so when all my iPhone friends who bought a Pixel at my direction come to me frustrated, I can give them a logical alternative that doesn't require hoop-jumping (these are simpletons after all).
HELP!
I need a solution that lets me easily talk to anyone (so Allo and Duo are out), manage various forms of communication (SMS and IM), and do everything I can do on my phone/tablet on my PC as well. Oh, and it needs to be simple so when all my iPhone friends who bought a Pixel at my direction come to me frustrated, I can give them a logical alternative that doesn't require hoop-jumping (these are simpletons after all).
HELP!