I use #Google Messages for #texting.

[peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

I use #Google Messages for #texting. It's not bad but its only solid features are the #spam blocking and the fact I can use it in a web browser. Oh, and #RCS (as questionable as that may be).

I'd really like to move away from it because, well....Google, but I haven't found a suitable replacement - either on Google Play or F-Droid.

Most #SMS apps are rather bare bones when it comes to features. I am looking for something better.

I am on my second try for Messages on F-Droid but it once again never finishes syncing messages. I deleted over 60 large old conversations and still it gets to about 2/3 done before restarting. I let it run overnight and it never finished.

Messages | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

A fast messaging app designed to make conversations simple and effortless

(f-droid.org)

Any recommendations?

[james@social.wynning.tech]

@peteorrall
The best I've found for SMS is QUIK:

GitHub - octoshrimpy/quik: The most beautiful SMS messenger for Android - Revived

The most beautiful SMS messenger for Android - Revived - octoshrimpy/quik

GitHub (github.com)

No RCS, but only Google's Messenger has that anyways.

Honestly we should be trying to push past SMS to something better. Matrix or Signal.