Read unread messages

[rossputin]

Tapping on it doesn't bring them up and since I just imported texts there's thousands to go through. 

Soo, how do I directly navigate to them?

[Valeriya]

Hi rossputin, do you mean to say that you would like to directly view the unread messages?

[rossputin]

Yes

[RedDogRabbit]

It's quite possible that you don't actually have any unread messages. By importing your text messages, it may be "thinking" that you have some, but maybe you don't?

[rossputin]

Well it previously said 8 unread messages and I found some.
Still, your hypothesis is a good one 👍.

[RedDogRabbit]

Well from past experience, if I restored text messages, if there's something different about the date/time, then it seems that the Messages app isn't sure where to put it, and sometimes I've seen duplicate or more of the same message. 

[Reynaud]

Hi rossputin,  As suggested by Reddograbbit, please check if date,time and time zone are correct on the device.

[rossputin]

? He/she never said that.
It seems suggestions by Samsung reps here have a randomness to them.