[profeta]

hangouts does everything BUT this.

The UI shows several user accounts that you have to keep switching. it is a total nightmare.

then, the worst offense, you have absolutely no idea if you send a message to someone, if it will go via hangouts http IM message or via SMS. you have zero control/feedback from the UI. The ONLY way to know, is to create contacts with just email address and others with just phone numbers. and even then, sometimes it will go via hangouts IM when you send to a phone number-only contact.

the separation between an app for first class SMS (and nothing else) and google voice (for google voice) was the right choice and it still works.

DO NOT pair gvoice to hangouts. you've been warned.

[grahamburger]

When I'm using it I have a drop down next to where I send the message that lets me select sms or hangouts that seems to work as expected. I can choose which number to send to or to send a hangout. Maybe it's been a while since you tried it? I vaguely remember having problems like that in the past.

I respect your opinion about separate apps for sms/messages, but I personally don't believe that was the right choice. I strongly prefer having one app to use over switching all the time.

[profeta]

nope. have to use it daily as my main number is gVoice. sadly.

no dropdown whatsoever. Also to dial via gvoice you need a hangouts dialer addon, and everytime you last selected sms on hagouts and select to dial with the dialer addon, it complains that the sms account can't dial.

it's a train wreak.