Install Viber for Windows 8/8.1 Laptop/PC & Window 7 PCĪlthough Viber is not officially for PC’s and windows but that’s why we are here to provide you the guide. Viber, the popular IM and VoIP app for mobile devices, also has its own desktop client for Windows and Mac, which massively increases the flexibility of this widely used, free communication tool. To explore this feature, users need to tap on more option and choose for Viber Out. Hence, this states that users can make calls through Viber to people or friends who are not using Viber app. Viber of version 2.3 has added many smileys along with some default images to make communication much more interesting.Īs Viber was in direct competition with Skype, in December 2013, Viber launched a new version named Viber Out which allows the user to make phone calls on mobile and landline numbers. This helps in avoiding every single contact entry in Viber contact list.Īutomatically all the contacts from the phone address book get added in Viber contact list (as it uses the phone number for contact list). Then the phone address book is completely synchronized by the app. While installation process, Viber creates a user account with phone’s name as the username for that particular account. Viber allows sharing of text, images and video messages on all platform but the feature of voice calling is restricted to only iPhone, Android and Microsoft Windows Phone. The functionality of Viber varies from one platform to other platform.
Simultaneously in few months, Viber for Windows phone, Blackberry, Symbian, Bada, and Microsoft windows (desktop) was also launched. Finally, an unrestricted version of Viber app was launched in July 2012.
Later in the year of 2011, it was launched for Android platform but at that time it was restricted to only 50,00 users. Initially, Viber was only launched for iPhones in the year of 2010 and faced a direct competition with Microsoft Skype.