Viber for Windows
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Viber is a popular free Voice-over IP messaging service and Skype alternative,
that can be used on your smartphone or PC. The Viber PC client takes
the convenience of the mobile app and brings it to your PC so you can
stay connected even when you don’t have your mobile phone. It also makes
it easier to get on with work and multitask while communicating with
your contacts.
Viber competes with Whatsapp for the title of the most popular cross
platform/cross device messaging service globally. A key difference
between Viber/Whatsapp and Skype is that you can communicate with all of
your mobile phone contacts that are also using the service – not just
your skype contacts. Voice call, chat, send SMS, pictures and videos for
free to any of your phone contacts who also have the app installed.
You can even video call with up to 100 of your contacts at the same
time! A simple UI tops off the package nicely. The likes of Viber and
Whatsapp have pretty much killed the traditional mobile SMS industry,
thanks to their ease of use and ever improving data coverage.
To use Viber on your Windows PC you will first need install Viber on
your mobile phone (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian and Windows
Phone apps available). Next install the Windows desktop client on your
PC and sign in to syncrhonize your contacts across the 2 devices. Then
you’re done, call and chat to your heart’s content at no cost.
If you want to call other none VoIP users (landlines and mobile
phones directly) you can using the Viber Out feature. These calls are
not free, but do come at very competitive rates. You can use Viber Out
by adding credit to your Viber account. Call quality is generally
excellent, unless you are in an area with a poor internet connection.
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