An aesthetically designed, highly user-friendly application, Viber can be used to send messages and/or make audio/video calls in high definition while using your internet connections. Viber has been available to smartphone users for quite a long time now and the release of a Windows 10 supported application has been met with thrill by the users. There are a lot of new features that have enhanced the Desktop application (more on that below) and the anticipation is finally over. So further business applications may certainly still be ahead.In June, the beta version of Viber was announced by Microsoft and on July 25 th, the full version of the application got added to the Windows store. Rakuten’s long-term stated goal for Viber when acquiring the platform back in April, was to turn it into part of an eCommerce platform. If a Viber user must call someone who doesn’t use the app - for instance on a landline phone - the built-in ViberOut feature offers call rates as low as 1.3 cents-per-minute, including for international calls. Viber also allows group calls with up to 100 users on board, according to the company’s site. After the app is downloaded to your device, it scans your contacts to find other Viber users. The app uses your mobile phone number as a login. Viber users don’t need a separate account login name. This is especially true for small businesses that need to utilize video conferencing and make a lot of international calls.Ĭurrently, Viber touts that it has 400 million users worldwide, so there are plenty of other people to talk to including potentially some business contacts. The addition of Viber video calls on mobile could make it an even more viable alternative to Skype (owned by Microsoft), Google Hangouts, and Apple’s FaceTime.
Inside a video call, users can send text messages or even transfer the call to a desktop device from their mobile phone.įor Android users, the minimum requirements for Viber video calls on mobile are: Viber says to make a video call to a contact, it must first start as an audio call and users can pick a video option once the call is connected. Video calls will be possible on mobile devices even if connection strength isn’t the best. Now, Viber users on Android or iPhone devices will be able to make free video calls to any other Viber users who have the app installed on their device, reports the support section of the Viber website.Īccording to a report from The Next Web, the addition of Viber video calls on mobile devices was two years in the making. Mobile Viber users – both iOS and Android – were limited to making voice calls and sending text messages. Previously, Viber users could only make video calls using the app’s desktop platform.
Viber, the VOIP service purchased earlier this year by the Japanese eCommerce company Rakuten, now has the ability to make Viber video calls on mobile.
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