5 Viber features that will make your life easier

At the beginning of this year, Viber was once again recognized as the most popular application in Ukraine according to an independent study by Kantar. It is installed on 97.9% of all smartphones in 2020. Every month, Ukrainian users send each other more than 11 million messages and make about 4 million calls.

Despite the popularity of the app, it turns out that not all users are aware of some rather interesting features of the platform. In addition to communicating through text, voice and video messages, the application has many other features that can help you not only stay in touch with family and friends, but will also be useful in everyday life. We have compiled for you 5 Viber features that you may not know about, but that you will most likely like and will be useful in everyday life.

Group audio and video calls

In order for all users of the application to keep in touch with each other during the pandemic, Viber has increased the number of possible participants in group audio calls and introduced group video calls, where up to 20 people can communicate at the same time. The functions are absolutely free for both the mobile version of the application and the computer. They both work and help you keep in touch with friends and family, as well as quickly complete work tasks in parallel with other users. Group calls will be useful for both students and teachers in the new school year, as they allow you to organize the learning process, provide communication between students, teachers and parents, as well as easily coordinate activities after calls and meetings.

viber for computer

In addition to the mobile version, Viber also has a desktop version. The application allows you to make high-quality video and audio calls, communicate with other users, regardless of whether they use the desktop version or the mobile Viber application. Viber for desktop is supported on both Windows and Mac. To synchronize all data with a PC, you need to scan the QR code on your smartphone and agree to the synchronization. If you wish, you can choose not to do this and continue using Viber.

GIF editor

Another new feature that came out in 2020 is the GIF editor. In any chat and in the «My notes» section, Viber users can record a short video in GIF mode by clicking on the camera button at the bottom of the chat. It is also possible to create an endless GIF file from a ready-made video: to do this, you need to select your favorite video in the application gallery, which is located at the bottom of any chat and My Notes, and switch to editor mode using the pencil button. In editor mode, you can choose the format in which your video will be played in the future: as a movie or GIF. How the file will be shown (in the boomerang, reverse, slow down or speed up by 2 or 4 times) is selected by the user. It is possible to stylize a GIF with the help of multi-colored inscriptions, doodles and stickers. The feature is fully available on iOS, while its basic version is available on Android. Later it will be fully available on all platforms.

My notes

In the constant flow of information, it is easy to forget something important. To solve this problem permanently, Viber launched the My Notes feature. In a separate personal chat, it is easy to save text messages from other users, links, audio, video and media files, as well as create to-do lists and mark completed tasks. Notes are synced across all user devices by default and are easy to use in everyday life. They are the perfect tool to keep all school assignments and tasks in one place for both teachers and students in the new school year. Soon there will also be note reminders so that you don’t forget about the main thing and important dates.

Chatbot «Forget-Me-Not»

Viber also launched another feature with which you can manage tasks — the Forget-Me-Not chat bot. Like «My Notes», the bot helps users remember important things, but it works on a different principle. It allows you to set reminders for events, tasks, or dates, organize them into categories, and add comments. Bot «Forget-me-not» is available in both Ukrainian and Russian and is the perfect tool for reminders of deadlines and the like.

Going forward, the leading communication app will have other new features and updates to help users improve their Viber experience. To use them all, make sure you have the latest version of the platform.

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