diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
index 8c12a503094..3b79e95ebd2 100755
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ var/global/list/obj/item/device/pda/PDAs = list()
 		// When the UI is first opened this is the data it will use
 		ui.set_initial_data(data)
 		ui.open()
+		ui.set_auto_update(1)
 	else
 		// The UI is already open so push the new data to it
 		ui.push_data(data)
@@ -882,6 +883,9 @@ var/global/list/obj/item/device/pda/PDAs = list()
 
 		if(L)
 			L << "\icon[P] <b>Message from [src.owner] ([ownjob]), </b>\"[t]\" (<a href='byond://?src=\ref[P];choice=Message;skiprefresh=1;target=\ref[src]'>Reply</a>)"
+			nanomanager.update_user_uis(L, P) // Update the recieving user's PDA UI so that they can see the new message
+
+		nanomanager.update_user_uis(U, P) // Update the sending user's PDA UI so that they can see the new message
 
 		log_pda("[usr] (PDA: [src.name]) sent \"[t]\" to [P.name]")
 		P.overlays.Cut()
diff --git a/code/modules/nano/nanomanager.dm b/code/modules/nano/nanomanager.dm
index 12b1e57c21c..96c38037a98 100644
--- a/code/modules/nano/nanomanager.dm
+++ b/code/modules/nano/nanomanager.dm
@@ -55,6 +55,49 @@
 				update_count++
 	return update_count
 
+
+ /**
+  * Update /nanoui uis belonging to user
+  *
+  * @param user /mob The mob who owns the uis
+  * @param src_object /obj|/mob If src_object is provided, only update uis which are attached to src_object (optional)
+  * @param ui_key string If ui_key is provided, only update uis with a matching ui_key (optional)
+  *
+  * @return int The number of uis updated
+  */
+/datum/nanomanager/proc/update_user_uis(var/mob/user, src_object = null, ui_key = null)
+	if (isnull(user.open_uis) || !istype(user.open_uis, /list) || open_uis.len == 0)
+		return 0 // has no open uis
+
+	var/update_count = 0
+	for (var/datum/nanoui/ui in user.open_uis)
+		if ((isnull(src_object) || !isnull(src_object) && ui.src_object == src_object) && (isnull(ui_key) || !isnull(ui_key) && ui.ui_key == ui_key))
+			ui.process(1)
+			update_count++
+
+	return update_count
+
+ /**
+  * Close /nanoui uis belonging to user
+  *
+  * @param user /mob The mob who owns the uis
+  * @param src_object /obj|/mob If src_object is provided, only close uis which are attached to src_object (optional)
+  * @param ui_key string If ui_key is provided, only close uis with a matching ui_key (optional)
+  *
+  * @return int The number of uis closed
+  */
+/datum/nanomanager/proc/close_user_uis(var/mob/user, src_object = null, ui_key = null)
+	if (isnull(user.open_uis) || !istype(user.open_uis, /list) || open_uis.len == 0)
+		return 0 // has no open uis
+
+	var/close_count = 0
+	for (var/datum/nanoui/ui in user.open_uis)
+		if ((isnull(src_object) || !isnull(src_object) && ui.src_object == src_object) && (isnull(ui_key) || !isnull(ui_key) && ui.ui_key == ui_key))
+			ui.close()
+			close_count++
+
+	return close_count
+
  /**
   * Add a /nanoui ui to the list of open uis
   * This is called by the /nanoui open() proc
diff --git a/nano/templates/pda.tmpl b/nano/templates/pda.tmpl
index eb0432cf417..a4043578993 100644
--- a/nano/templates/pda.tmpl
+++ b/nano/templates/pda.tmpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Used In File(s): \code\game\objects\items\devices\PDA\PDA.dm
 			 <b>Functions</b>:
                 </div>
                 <div class="itemContent">
-			{^{:~link('Refresh', 'refresh', {'choice' : "Refresh"}, null, 'fixedLeft')}}
+			<!--{^{:~link('Refresh', 'refresh', {'choice' : "Refresh"}, null, 'fixedLeft')}}-->
 			{^{:~link('Close', 'gear', {'choice' : "Close"}, null, 'fixedLeft')}}
 			{^{if idInserted}} {^{:~link('Update PDA Info', 'eject', {'choice' : "UpdateInfo"}, null, 'fixedLeftWide')}} {{/if}}              
 			{^{if mode != 0}} {^{:~link('Return', 'arrowreturn-1-w', {'choice' : "Return"}, null, 'fixedLeft')}} {{/if}}