To respond to messages you receive

If you receive a new message while you’re working in a message window, the new message is displayed. If not, you’ll receive a new message notification and the new message icon appears in the Status Bar. When a New Message notification is displayed, you can reply quickly without accessing the Messaging application. Simply tap the Text field in the notification to respond with a text message. Tap View in the New Message notification to open the Messaging application, or tap the Call icon to call the person instead of responding by text.

If the Auto-retrieve setting is not checkmarked, you must tap Download to view the message.

If the message contains a media file, tap the Play icon to view, watch, or listen to it. Tap and hold the media file to open a Context menu with additional options.