Hey there

I've been using Google Messenger as my messaging app, but am now too frustrated by my apparent inability to send SMSs to multiple receipients (ie, without it attempting to send it as a MMS). Is there no remedy that will allow texts to multiple recipients to be sent as SMSs from this app?

And, if that's the case, what's the best alternative for a messaging app that is as basic and sports a similarly simple/material design? I don't like the 'Messaging' default app that came with my G3, and have no interest in using Hangouts (as want SMS support only). I think I've tried Textra in the past and didn't mind it, but would welcome other ideas. 

Thanks for any suggestions.