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Viber Messenger for Android

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Editors' Review

shelbybrown Jan 19, 2017

Viber offers its 800 million worldwide users a solid set of messaging tools for staying in touch, but some of its features have a me-too quality.

Pros

Connect via Facebook, or not: During setup, you are given the option of using your Facebook details to connect to friends. Viber automatically connects to your phone's contacts, and you can add contacts via a phone number or by scanning a QR code that Viber generates.

Free calling: Voice and video calls are free between Viber users. You can also purchase credits that allow you to make calls from the Viber app to mobile phones and landlines.

Secured messages: Viber encrypts end-to-end individual and group conversations in which all participants are using the latest Viber version. Check Chat Info in a message to see whether the messages sent by participants are encrypted.

Chat stickers: Viber comes with a basic collection of stickers and emojis. You can expand your sticker portfolio through the in-app Sticker Market, where you can find additional free and paid sticker collections.

Play games: You can also find in-app games to play that span puzzle to strategy, including Mobile Strike.

Photos: Share photos and videos stored on your phone, or use Viber to capture images and short video messages.

Public channels: Viber offers a collection of public accounts that range from the BBC newsfeeds to Justin Bieber fan chatter.

Cons

Limited image tools: While you can share photos and video, Viber lacks rich image-customization tools, such as the filters and overlays used in Snapchat, that can make sharing images fun.

Bottom Line

Viber hits the main points you'd look for in a messaging app, from free video calling to encrypted text messages. Few of its features, however, stand out in a field where apps like Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, and Signal offer similar and often more compelling features.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 9.7.5.1

Performance improvements and bug fixes to bring you the very best Viber experience

General

Release November 9, 2018
Date Added November 9, 2018
Version 9.7.5.1

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Android
Additional Requirements None

Popularity

Total Downloads 388,285
Downloads Last Week 18
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Developer's Description

Viber is the FREE, simple, fast and most secure messaging and calling app. The messenger of choice for over 1 billion users worldwide! Text now for free and make high-quality crystal-clear phone calls.

Viber is completely free. All you need is a data plan or Wi-Fi connection and you're good to go. Make free international calls, send text messages, open a group chat, and so much more! Download Viber today to connect with people, no matter who they are, or where they are from.

Why is Viber the best messaging app for you?

Send Free Messages

Staying in touch has never been easier. Send a free text message, share a photo, a sticker or GIF, a video or any other file.

Make Free Audio and Video Calls

Make crystal-clear audio and instant video calls to friends and family for free!

Open a Group Chat

Catch up with friends, family and coworkers by opening a group chat for up to 250 members.

Make Group Audio Calls

Plan get-togethers and conduct business calls with up to 5 people from within a group chat or by adding more people to an existing audio call.

Chat and Call with 100% Privacy

Thanks to end-to-end encryption, any type of information you share on Viber will always remain between yourself and the person you're talking to. Any message you send makes its way from your device to the recipient's in the form of an encrypted code that only their device can translate to plain text using an encryption key. Encryption keys exist only on user devices and nowhere else. So, no one -- not even Viber -- can read your messages.

Hide Your Chats

Would you like to make one of your chats invisible from the rest of your main chat list? Hidden Chats will enable you to hide your conversation from your main chat list and access it whenever you need to with a PIN.

Self-Destruct Your Secret Chats

Start a Secret Chat which will let you set a self-destruct timer for every message in your conversation so that after your message is read, it's automatically deleted from your recipient's phone.

Express Yourself with GIFs and Stickers

Words can only say so much! Express your every emotion with over endless of GIFs and over 35,000 stickers from the Viber Sticker Market,

Start a Viber Community with Unlimited People

No matter what you're interested in, you can now start your own Viber Community! Interact with an unlimited number of people, who don't necessarily have to be your contacts, about a shared topic or passion. Enjoy more admin controls than ever before as well as new conversation features in a unique chat space where you get to call all the shots.

Enrich Your Conversation with Chat Extensions

Spice up your conversations with a variety of useful Chat Extensions including easy access to Shouts, your favorite links, GIFs and videos, Yelp, YouTube, Booking, Spotify and more.

Make Cheap Calls to Landlines with Viber Out

Call landlines, non-Viber users or anyone who doesn't have an internet service or a mobile phone with Viber Out's low-cost international calling service. See international call rates.

Sync Your Messages on Desktop

Viber works across all mobile and desktop devices syncing your mobile account to your desktop account. In order to activate Viber for Desktop, you'll need to first activate your Viber account on your mobile phone.

And so much more:

Mention friends in a group so they don't miss out on anything

Broadcast messages to multiple contacts

Pin messages to the top of your group's screen

Reply to any specific message within a group chat

Share your location

Forward multiple messages

Exchange contacts with friends

Install Viber Free Messenger Now and Start Connecting!

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Twitter - http://twitter.com/viber

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