Samsung Messages no more.

I received a notification on my phone that Samsung Messages was being discontinued. That is the default text message program on my phone. All Samsung Messages users are being automatically switched to Google Messages. This is a severe downgrade as Google Message absolutely sucks! I immediately started looking for an alternative. I decided to try out an app called Textra. That is currently my default program for SMS/MMS text on my phone. I've also decided to add WhatsApp to my phone as some friends and family use it. I won't be on that much but my Telegram is usually online all day.