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The Messenger app for sending SMS/text messages is
available for devices running Android Lollipop, 5.0 or
higher.
To read and respond to messages, follow these steps:
1. When you receive a new message, you’ll get a notification on your
device and a new message icon will appear in your notification
panel.
2. To open and read the message, touch the new message notification
in the notifications panel.
3. To respond to a message, touch the Send message box and type your
message.
4. To send, touch Send.
To create and send a text message, follow these steps:
1. Go to All Appsand touch Messenger.
2. In the main Messenger screen, touch .
3. Enter a name from your contacts or a mobile phone number in the To
field. To send a group text message, touch the group icon in the
To field and touch additional contacts or enter additional mobile
phone numbers. .
• Below the To field, you can choose from your frequent contacts by
touching Frequents or your list of contacts by touching All
contacts.
• If you’re sending a group message, make sure you turn on group
messaging in Messenger setting.
• If you choose to enter a name or mobile number in the Tofield,
matching contacts appear as you type, if any exist among your
contacts. You can touch a suggested recipient or continue
entering the phone number.