Using Messages view

You use the Messages view to:

• Send messages to individual contacts, as well as groups of contacts. You can send a message to a maximum of 50 people at once. To send messages to a chat room, use the Rooms view.

• Call a contact or group of contacts.

• Include still images and videos with your messages.

• Mute notifications and manage the contacts in a group.

Note

The steps in this topic assume you've entered at least one contact. If not, see Using Contacts view for help entering and managing contacts.

To send messages to a contact

1. On the navigation bar, choose Messages, then choose a contact.

2. Choose Type a new message to start your keyboard and enter the message.

3. To attach an image to your message, choose the camera icon. You can upload an existing image or video, or use your device to capture a photo or video.

4. Choose the Send icon.

To send messages to a group of contacts

1. On the navigation bar, choose Messages, then choose the New message icon ( ).

2. From the list on the New message view, choose a contact to add them to the To field.

3. Enter the names or email aliases of any other contacts to include in this message. Each contact you choose is added to the To field.

4. After you enter your contacts, choose Type a new message to enter the message.

5. To add an image to your message, choose the camera icon ( ). You can upload an existing image or video, or use your device to capture a photo or video.

6. Choose the Send icon.

To call a contact or group of contacts

1. On the navigation bar, choose Messages.

2. Choose a contact or a group message.

3. Choose the phone icon in the upper-right corner of the page. When you call a group, you call everyone in that group.

To mute notifications

1. On the navigation bar, choose Messages.

2. Choose a contact or group message, then choose the horizontal ellipsis in the upper-right corner of the page.

3. To hide notifications from a person or group, choose Mute notifications.

   To add or remove contacts in a group message, choose Edit.

To edit the members of a group

1. On the navigation bar, choose Messages.

2. Choose a contact or a group message, then choose the horizontal ellipsis in the upper-right corner of the page.

3. From the actions menu, choose Edit.

4. Choose a contact name to delete it.

5. Tap a blank area in the To box to add a contact.