Just Viber

With Viber, everyone in the world can connect. Freely. More than 200 million Viber users text, call, and send photo and video messages worldwide over Wifi or 3G – for free. Viber Out can be used to make calls to non-Viber mobile and landline numbers at low rates. Viber is available for many smartphones and platforms.
Viber is compatible with and optimized for Android tablets! Use Viber on your tablet and phone simultaneously.
On Viber, your phone number is your ID. The app syncs with your mobile contact list, automatically detecting which of your contacts have Viber.
• Text with your friends
• Make free calls with HD sound quality
• Share photos, videos, voice messages, locations, stickers and emoticons
• Groups with up to 100 participants
• Download stickers from the Sticker Market, making messaging fun!
• Push notifications guarantee that you never miss a message or call, even when Viber is off
• Support for the Viber Desktop application on Windows and Mac
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Viber Desktop - PC Installation

Installing Viber desktop on your computer is pretty easy. Just like any other application, it consists of few steps. In this case, steps are very simple.

But before you start installing it on the computer make sure you meet the system and hardware requirements. And yes, you must have Viber installed on your mobile first to be able to use Viber desktop.

Minimum hardware requirement for desktop computers are: dual core processor, 1 GB RAM, microphone and speakers for voice calls, webcam for video calls, AD2P compatible Bluetooth receiver for BT devices.

Minimum system requirement for desktop computers are:

- for Windows users: Windows XP Service pack 3 and above; Windows Vista; Windows 7 or Windows 8 (RT is not supported);

- for Mac users: OSX 10.7 and above.

If you meet those system and hardware requirements on your desktop computer, make sure you have the following Viber mobile versions prior desktop registration to be able to use Viber desktop:

- Viber 3.0 for Android

- Viber 3.0 for iPhone

- Viber 2.4 for Blackberry

- Viber 2.2.3 for Windows Phone 8 (partly compatible, might encounter sync issues)

- Viber for Windows Phone 7, S40/S60 & Bada: do not require a minimum Viber version (partly compatible, might encounter sync issues).

If both, system and hardware requirements, are fulfilled, you should be done with your installation in few minutes…or less…

Installation procedure
Download installation file on your computer and run it. You can download it from Viber’s official site using this link.
In case you are not the admin on you computer then please ‘right click’ on the file and choose ‘Run as an admin’ where you will be asked to have the admin password.

to start installation, hit “Run”

hit “accept & install”

installation begins…

when installation finish, Viber will launch…

When Viber launches, it prompts a question. Hit “Yes” and you’ll be asked for phone number.

type in your phone number (without the country code) and click ‘Continue’…

You’ll receive a four digit code on your Viber mobile. Type it in. Read and accept the Viber User License Agreement and click ‘Enter Viber’.

hit “Enter Viber” and installation is complete!

After completing the installation, Viber desktop will automatically sync your contacts with contacts stored in your mobile Viber.

Contacts are automatically synced with your mobile Viber

You’re ready for free communication via PC!
Enjoy!

viber : the future

Viber, the popular instant messaging and voice app, expects to double its India subscriber base by the end of 2014, from the 17 million now, driven by opportunities from surging smartphone sales, says country head Anubhav Nayyar.
In an email interview with ET, Nayyar said that the app maker won't be changing any of its basic services post its acquisition by Japanese Internet company Rakuten.
 He added that the app, which has already seen 300 million downloads globally, will focus on its paid Stickers and voicecall features for revenue, but won't advertise on the app.
" We do not want to plaster our users with advertisements."

The alternative to skype

Viber is an app for smartphones that allows friends to contact one another. It attempts to be a phone replacement by allowing you to communicate through the app, even if friends aren't using it. Now Viber has released on PC and Mac, but it still requires a smartphone account before you can use it. By using 3G or WiFi, you can communicate through messages or VoIP calls for free with friends who use the app .
But the release of Viber on PC and Mac signals its entry into the domain of Skype, arguably the king of VoIP calls on PC, Mac, and smartphones. With Microsoft's acquisition of Skype, it acts as the replacement of Windows Live Messenger and will add millions of users. Viber was primarily a smartphone app and is only now being offered on desktops with its video calling feature in beta. There is room for growth from Viber, especially since people are looking for Skype alternatives.

 

Another Gem in the Kitty

What is Push-to-Talk?
Push-to-Talk, or PTT (or Push-to-Transmit), is not a new technology. Generally speaking, it is a method of having conversations or talking on half-duplex communication lines. Just like a walkie-talkie where momentary button is used to switch from voice reception mode to transmit mode.

Having that in mind, along with the possibilities of Viber as a VoIP application, Viber Media Inc. brought us the same “new” feature, Push-to-Talk. It’s available for iPhone and Android devices in 4.0 version of Viber.

How does Push-to-Talk work in Viber?
It’s a voice message streaming that allows us to speak message instead of typing it. It’s a four step process: record, send, download, play. Viber does all four at the same time.

Push-to-Talk feature works in a two ways: auto-play is automatically active if person on the other end is in Hold & Talk mode. In that case, Viber streams your message as you speak.

To be in Hold & Talk mode means that you are actually in the conversation and Hold & Talk button is displayed on your screen.

Viber Out

Viber Out is a feature that lets you call landline and mobile phones with credits you pre-paid via in-app purchase (or with credit card/Pay Pal for desktop version).  Credits are available in amounts of $4.99, $9,99 or $24,99.

Call rates depends on destination country you’re calling. You can check your call rate on your mobile if you follow the instructions below:
1. Enter the More options menu in Viber
2. Select Viber Out
3. Select Learn more at the bottom of the screen
4. From the Menu dropdown on the top right, select Viber Out
5. Begin typing the call destination country in the search field….(at this moment, these instructions doesn’t work on iphone)
…or you can find your country using following link https://account.viber.com/

Here is a list of most searched countries with their call rates.

country	landline	mobile
Australia	2,3 ¢	15 ¢
Austria	2,3 ¢	7 ¢
Brasil	1,9 ¢	22,1 ¢
Canada	1,9 ¢	2,3 ¢
Czech Republik	3,0 ¢	6,9 ¢
Denmark	2,3 ¢	24,9 ¢
France	1,9 ¢	16 ¢
Germany	1,9 ¢	5,9 ¢
Hungary	1,9 ¢	8,9 ¢
India	2,5 ¢	4,9 ¢
Indonesia	9,6 ¢	13,9 ¢
Iran	9,9 ¢	9,9 ¢
Ireland	1,9 ¢	12 ¢
Italy	1,9 ¢	11,9 ¢
Japan	2,6 ¢	14,9 ¢
Malaysia	2,3 ¢	6,9 ¢
Mexico	2,3 ¢	9,9 ¢
New Zealand	1,9 ¢	8,9 ¢
Pakistan	13,9 ¢	13,9 ¢
Philippines	17,9 ¢	23,9 ¢
Poland	2,3 ¢	6,9 ¢
Portugal	1,9 ¢	29 ¢
Russia	4,9 ¢	7,9 ¢
South Africa	3,9 ¢	9,9 ¢
Spain	1,9 ¢	9,9 ¢
Ukraine	13,6 ¢	19,5 ¢
United Arab Emirates	26 ¢	26 ¢
United Kingdom	1,9 ¢	5,9 ¢
USA	0,0 ¢ – toll free	1,9 ¢

#The data in this table was gathered manually from Viber application. This table is not official Viber Out price list.

Multiple Devices, One Platform

Yes, you can!
In fact, you can have it on multiple devices: it can be your computer (no matter if it is Windows, MacOS or Linux based computer), or/and Android tablet. But in order to run Viber on your computer or/and Android tablet, you must first have the application installed and registered to a mobile device.
 

What does it mean? 

I means that, while installing Viber on additional device, you’ll be asked to enter the code which you’ll get in SMS on the registered mobile device. All of your installed Viber applications on different platforms are associated with the same mobile number and therefore are synced. That also means that you can not have the same account on different mobile device. At this stage, one Viber number can be assigned with only one mobile device simultaneously. When you try registering to Viber with the same number on a second mobile device, the first device immediately deactivates, and its data (message history, Recents, etc.) is deleted. What you can do, however, is to register your second mobile device with a different number: your home number, an old cellphone number, family’s or friends… The only requirement is that you are able to receive an activation SMS on it.

Viber Sticker Market

What is Sticker market?
If you want to use a sticker to make a visual statement or just to spice up your conversation, you have to go to the Sticker market. It’s a place where you can find more than 1000 stickers; lot of them are free to download and use, but there are some which you have to pay for. You can find the Sticker Market in the More Options menu of the Viber application or through the ’+‘ icon in the sticker menu.
Currently, the Sticker Market is available as an in-app feature that is supported on Android and iPhone devices only. There is no access to the Sticker Market through Viber for desktop.
Getting a sticker from Sticker market
After entering into the Sticker market you just need to choose a sticker package you want: if you choose a free package it will be automatically downloaded to your device a ready to use. But if you choose a package that needs to pay for, application will guide you through the payment process.
After payment, just like free stickers, it will be downloaded to your device. You can find it your sticker menu: look for the icon with a green star indicating a new sticker package.
Once downloaded, stickers are yours to keep and it won’t expire. And yes, they will sync to your secondary device(s). But if, for some reason, you find that stickers are not synced, just use Refresh icon in stickers menu.
Deleting stickers from Viber
Stickers can be fun to use but there is a catch: once downloaded, stickers can not be removed from Viber. That can be annoying for some users and, at this time, only solution for removing stickers is uninstalling Viber and installing it again. Viber Media Inc. is aware that removing stickers is feature that is missing and they are planning to add it in future versions.

10 reasons to use Viber

1. Because they made this for one of their stickers:

2. Kahleesi uses Viber. Enough said.

3. Transfer calls from your computer to your phone. And back to your computer. And back to your phone.

4. I can doodle on your face.

5. Because they have THIS sticker.

6. They have free calls, so this will never happen.

7. Viber has a desktop app. That means it works at work.

8. Stickers > Emoji. Boo ya!

except for one negative: ios 7 > old ass design. get ur shit together

9. “Its like WhatsApp its a free ah thing ah phone thing you get to text and not have to pay” - says Colin Freaking Farrell - Sexiest. Man. Alive.

10. Uhhh…it’s free.