Actually it is Keith's phone that beeps messages but he keeps it on for important ones. Messages, to me, are for private conversations, not junk. It is why I haven't completely turned off the message notification on my tablet. I do keep the sound off on it as not to disturb Keith at night. I turned off all other, or everything else I could figure out how to turn off, on my tablet. It had become rather busy across the top of my screen when I was reading.