To read a message

Tap a conversation that contains the message you want to read.

The conversation opens to the first new (unread) message, or to the first starred message, if you’ve previously starred a message in the conversation.
1. Tap here to Reply all or Forward.
The Google Talk online status will appear next to the name of the sender of each message if the sender has a Google Account. Tap the contact’s picture to open Quick Contact.

While reading messages in a conversation, you can use the keys at the bottom of the screen to archive the entire conversation , delete it , add a label , or set it as unread . After you delete a conversation, you can tap Undo in the bar that appears at the bottom of the screen to undo the last action and restore the message to its previous location.

You can also swipe the screen to the left or the right to read the next or prior message.

While viewing a message, touch the message action icons on the message header to access options which include to mark it as important, to reply to the sender, and to access Reply all to reply to all address and Forward to forward the message to someone else.