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How do I start a chat?

Updated: 2026-09-02

All your conversations live in the Chats tab. To start a new one:

  1. Open the Chats tab.
  2. Tap the compose button.
  3. Pick a person — the conversation opens and you can start writing.

You can send text, photos, videos, voice notes, files, stickers and GIFs from the built-in pack, plus polls, locations and contacts. Reply to a specific message to keep long conversations readable, and search inside a conversation to find anything in its history.

Groups

A group lets you talk with several people at once. Create one from the same compose button: give it a name and a photo and add members. Any member can add more people later — adding is not limited to admins.

Each chat has its own controls too: mute a conversation to stop its notifications, or set a disappearing-messages timer from the conversation so new messages auto-delete after it.

Message requests

If you message someone who has no connection with you yet, your first message arrives on their side as a message request: you can send one text message, and the full conversation opens once they accept or reply.

If someone can't start a chat with you (or you with them), the "who can message you" setting decides who may open a new conversation.

If messages are not sending, check your connection first. If a problem continues, email support@sebairo.com with what you see.

Keep reading

What can I do with a message?
Chats & calls · Press and hold a message to see its actions. On any message you can reply, react, copy, forward, star, pin, save to notes, and report (other people's messages); on your own messages you can also edit and delete.
How do I create a group?
Chats & calls · Create a group from the Chats tab: give it a name, add at least one other person, and it's ready.
How do polls in a chat work?
Chats & calls · Create a poll from the attachment menu in any conversation. It appears in the chat as a message, everyone in the conversation can vote, and results update live.
Who can message or call you
Chats & calls · Two settings control who can reach you: one decides who may start a new conversation with you, and one decides who may call you.
Is Sebairo end-to-end encrypted?
Privacy & data · No. Chats are protected in transit and at rest, but like most messaging apps, Sebairo is not end-to-end encrypted — messages are stored in a form the service can read.
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