call transfer : its possible

Viber allows you to transfer calls between all devices that share the same account. You can switch seamlessly between mobile to desktop conversations, or vice versa, at the touch of a button.

To transfer a call from your mobile device to any other device or desktop, simply select the Call Transfer ​ icon    
                                        

To transfer a call from your desktop to any other device, simply select the Call Transfer  icon
 

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• Once you have selected the call transfer icon, the call status will change to “Transferring call…”
• The incoming transferred call will appear on any other devices on which Viber is installed
• The call will transfer to the device on which you accept the incoming transferred call

​A few notes about call transfers: Call transfer is available on iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Viber for Desktop only. Transferring a call should take place when you are near the new device so that you can accept the call immediately Once a transferred call is accepted, the incoming transferred call request on any other devices will be cancelled The call duration is reset once it is transferred to the new device

viber 4.0 for windows

We are proud to announce the exciting new release of Viber 4.0 for Windows Phone 8! With an abundance of new features and functions, the new version takes your Viber experience to a whole new level! Here are some of the new features:
 

• Choose from over 1,000 stickers in the brand new Sticker Market. The Sticker Market features endless possibilities for brightening up your conversations. Download themed sticker packages and enjoy the party! Learn more about the Sticker Market here.​ ​

• “Seen” delivery status lets users know when their messages have been viewed. Be sure that your messages have been delivered and opened.​ Learn more about delivery status here.

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• "Last online" status lets users know when their contacts are online. Know when your friends are available to chat!​​

• Group capacity increased to 100 members. Whether you want to share with your nearest and dearest or just send a message to a large group of people, Viber groups let you get in touch with even more people, all in one place. 

• Add descriptions to your photos. Your photos and their descriptions go hand-in-hand - send them that way! ​

• High quality thumbnails. Media message thumbnails in the conversation screen are now enlarged and high quality.  ​​

• Improved app speed and push notification delivery. Resume and load Viber faster and receive push notifications despite platform limitations.

• Additional notification settings. Viber notification sounds will be used for incoming push notifications and users can now hide notification content. ​

• Spellchecker. Viber will now use your device's AutoSuggest and spellchecker functions when typing in a conversation (one-on-one or group). ​

• Emoji to emoticon translation. You'll always get the right emoticons with automatic Emoji to Viber emoticon translation. 

doodle rage

the leading mobile communications application offering free messaging and HD-quality phone calls, announces today the release of Viber 3.1 for Android. The new version brings a playful feature that lets users draw over photos or paint images they send to their contacts. This makes it easier and more enjoyable to do anything ranging from sending a fun note to a friend to personalizing a photo with a special message.

• The new version also brings multiple performance enhancements and new features including:The new doodle feature will be coming to iOS in an update in the next few weeks.
• Seen status that lets you know when your messages have been viewed
• Improved support for Viber Desktop on Windows and Mac
• Fun new emoticons
• Bug fixes and other improvements

Users can download Viber here: www.viber.com

“Viber is a feature rich platform that gives our users multiple ways to communicate freely. We are constantly working to expand and enhance that functionality to give users complete freedom over the way they communicate,” said Talmon Marco, CEO of Viber. “We think the new doodle feature will not only prove to be incredibly fun for Viber users, but will also make Viber that much more useful as a communications tool.”

The Android version has seen massive performance improvements and has been localized into 16 new languages including: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, Tagalog and Ukrainian.

No fear

A senior Viber executive said the company doesn't fear WhatsApp voice calls service which is likely to start in the coming months. Viber, an app which competes with WhatsApp, allows users to send text messages, audio and video content and call other Viber contacts using the data connection. It has over 17 million users in India and around 300 million users worldwide.

Anubhuv Nayyar, country head for Viber, said, "When it comes to making calls using data connection in the phone, we have better technology. We are confident that we will offer the most clear and reliable calls using data connection. Other app makers may try to include the same feature in their IM apps but our service will be superior."

WhatsApp, which was recently bought by Facebook in a deal worth $19 billion, has over 450 million users. One of the reasons behind its popularity is the quality of its service. Sending text messages, images files and audio files is almost instantaneous. Even while sharing video files, users don't have to face latency problems. If the WhatsApp voice calls functionality is similar, it is likely to hit Viber hard, which has mostly attracted users because of its call feature.

One stop destination

Founded by American-Israeli entrepreneur Talmon Marco, Viber is another cross platform/VoIPapp that lets users connect with the world freely. The software supports several desktop and mobile platforms, including Android, Mac, Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Series 40, and soon Linux. 

Viber offers the best HD quality calls and group messaging sessions for both 3G/4G and Wi-Finetwork users. A boon for emerging markets with low connectivity speeds, Viber promises clear calls even for connections as slow as 8 Kbps. The interface on Windows Phone was also upgraded to allow users place live tiles on their home screens. 

Here are a few highlights:

• No invitations, alias, or registration required. Viber uses phone book data to connect you with existing friends.
• Offers better quality calls and video messaging using 3G or LTE, although slower data speeds are also supported
• Free text, video and photo messaging and location sharing
• Latest update brings in-demand features such as new stickers and emoticons, photo doodles, “seen” status, VoIP calling, message popups
• Version 3.1 supports Viber desktop application on Mac and Windows
• Seamless call transfers from phone to desktop, meaning you can make calls to a friend on your desktop without the call getting cut off
• Multi-language support
• Syncs with your current mobile device’s contacts
• 200M users in over 193 countries as of second quarter of 2013
• The app has some device-specific bugs, though (HTC One and MacBook Air)

Download Viber on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Nokia, Samsung Bada, Mac and Windows. 

2billion- 'i' 'm' possible @ Viber

Competition in the instant messaging space stepped up a gear last month with two significant acquisitions. Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten said Viber, with its 280 million users (100 million active monthly) across 200 countries, would help it penetrate new markets around the world.

In an interview with Bloomberg published recently, Rakuten boss Hiroshi Mikitani spoke for the first time about his hopes for Viber, explaining he wants to see its user base grow to a whopping great two billion. That’s twice as many as what Mark Zuckerberg has planned for WhatsApp.
Before you start spinning your index finger by the side of your head, let’s take a closer look at the figures. According to the Rakuten boss, Viber is currently adding 600,000 new users daily, up from around 550,000 when the deal was announced. And as previously noted, it already has 300 million users signed up.
“The goal is to reach one billion, two billion users, not to stop yet,” Mikitani said. “We’re planning to increase to one million additional users every day. That means 365 million a year.” He said he thinks the messaging app can hit his million-a-day target “maybe in two or three more years.”
While it’s not impossible to imagine Viber at some point hitting a million sign-ups a day.

Rakuten’s CEO said more mergers and acquisitions may be required to reach his lofty goal, suggesting the buyout of rival offerings or app developers whose games and services can be incorporated into Viber, or even the inclusion of more e-commerce features to attract new users.

Viber Buyout

Viber, the Israeli-founded video and voice communications app, has been acquired by Japanese Internet services company Rakuten for $900 million. Rakuten, an electronic commerce and Internet company, is the largest e-commerce site in Japan, and one of the largest in the world.

With Viber, Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said, his company hopes to expand its e-commerce reach with enhanced communications capabilities. “In the future, e-commerce will become a more communication-based transaction,” Mikitani said. “Live interactivity is going to be critical for all Internet services.”

In a statement, Marco said that Viber would now have access to a large and growing market. “There was a sense that we can accelerate the growth of our company by tapping into Rakuten’s user base in various countries,” Marco said. “We would be able to continue to build Viber, continue to maintain the mentality and speed of a startup while having support.”

The app, that allows users to make free phone and video calls within its network, has over 200 million users all over the world, including many in Arab countries – exceptional for an app that was created in Israel. Although the company is currently based in Cyprus, its R&D center remains in Israel. Viber was released about three years ago and positioned by company CEO Talmon Marco as an alternative to Skype.

Congratulations Rakuten ;-)

The Competition

Viber, wechat & Whatsapp

All 3 messaging apps are supported on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Nokia. However, WeChat has a web app which allows you to send WeChat messages from your browser. Viber also offers cross-platform desktop solutions for both Windows and Mac letting you not only text friends on smartphones but also make calls to them.
I would say Viber is a few steps ahead of WhatsApp and WeChat, in terms of supported platforms.

 All 3 apps allow you to send text, photos, videos and location data – ‘basic functions’ as it is also found in other messaging apps. You certainly can have more fun on WeChat as it comes with a wide variety of communication and social features built to expand your networking circles.
Viber and WeChat also support voice calls if you want to make free calls with your friends or family members, however, if you just want to contact your friends via text messaging, WhatsApp will suffice.

 It boils down to your needs, if you find yourself changing devices a lot then  Viber keeps it simple by backing up only text (no media) and if you are opting for WhatsApp, we suggest you have a look at their FAQ page for more backup instructions for your OS and device.

 As a conclusion, these 3 apps are amazing tools for communication offering more than a regular SMS service, without the need to pay for sending messages.But Viber stands out as its completely free and with a bag full features, it has got to offer more to u then anyone else in the business.

An interesting mix of features @ Viber

The actual functionality varies from platform to platform with iOS and Android being the first to receive new features. Viber includes text, picture and video messaging across all platforms, with voice calling available only to iPhone, Android and Microsoft's Windows Phone although HD voice is planned for Windows Phone 8. The application's user interface includes tab bar on the bottom giving access to messages, recent calls, contact, the keypad and a button for accessing more options. Upon installation, it creates a user account using one's phone number as username. Viber synchronizes with the phone's address book, so users do not need to add contacts in a separate book. Since all users are registered with their phone number, the software returns all Viber users among one's contacts. The version2.3 of Viber had added smileys and other default images.The most interesting thing regarding it is various stickers that it has introduced which are simply awsome. . As of December 2013, Viber Officially launched Viber Out, a feature that allows all users the option to call mobile and landline numbers. Therefore Viber users can call people without the Viber app. Viber Out was originally released in November only to help Typhoon Haiyan victims in the Philippines connect with their loved ones. Doodling is another amazing feature that Viber added to its kitty recently.

Viber : Origins

Viber is a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging voice-over-Internet Protocol application for smartphones developed by Viber Media. In addition to text messaging, users can exchange images, video and audio media messages. It was founded and co-owned by four Israeli partners: Talmon Marco, Igor Megzinik, Sani Maroli and Ofer Smocha. Talmon Marco serves as its CEO.Viber was initially launched for iPhone on December 2, 2010, in direct competition with Skype. A pre-release version for Android appeared in May 2011 but was restricted to 50,000 users; an unrestricted version was released on July 19, 2012. Viber for BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices was launched on May 8, 2012. Initially, the voice calling feature was only available for iPhone and Android applications, with a promise that voice would be added in upcoming versions for Bada, Symbian and Windows Phone applications. On February 13, 2014, Rakuten announced they had acquired Viber for $900 million.