Not big on text? Skip the details and go straight to the table recap down below. Recommended Reading: 10 WhatsApp Alternatives For Your Smartphone In this showdown, we will be looking at these apps in 5 categories, listed below in no particular order. We’re here to help you answer that by comparing what we feel are the 3 best messaging apps (so far) out there: WhatsApp, Viber and WeChat. Some are better than others, but the question is which is the best? All messaging apps are not created equal. If you are reading this, chances are your smartphone is no further than 3 feet from you and you sometimes hear custom notification alerts for your email, messages and updates even when nothing new came in.įor most of us, we have forgone the use of SMS and calls and have depended instead on messaging apps for most of our communication needs. Eventually.This is the generation of ‘smartphone holders’. ➤ Viber for Mac OS 10.7 and up / for Windowsįree mobile messaging apps will be the death of SMS. On top of all this, Viber has added support for eight new languages, bringing the total of languages supported to 27 languages overall. Viber also announced today that it has hit 200 million users from 193 countries across all supported platforms, up from 140 million users at the end of last year and 175 million users at the end of February 2013. In addition, Viber’s Android application now features a completely redesigned “Holo” interface and a number of other, Android-specific optimizations. The launch of the desktop apps is not the only product-related announcement Viber is making today, however, as it is also rolling out Viber 3.0, a major update to both the Android and iOS versions of the communications service, and a new app for BlackBerry that ensures voice calling as well as compatibility with Viber Desktop. You can seamlessly switch devices while messaging and even transfer calls between your mobile and desktop.” With Viber Desktop you always get to use the most convenient device. “People spend a substantial amount of time on their smartphones.“However, a lot of that usage takes place at home or in the office, where they have laptops or desktops close by. This new (beta) feature lets users make desktop-to-desktop video calls to other Viber users for now, but the company will likely bring the functionality to mobile platforms in the future.
It also comes with the same dead-simple setup process that employs a user’s phone number as their ID.ĭesktop users will be able to transfer calls between Viber Desktop and mobile apps with a single click or tap, sync received and sent messages, and be able to delete conversations on whichever device they choose.Ĭrucially, Viber Desktop for the first time allows users to make video calls. But today marks the release of Viber Desktop for PC and Mac, desktop versions of the service that integrate with the existing, aforementioned mobile versions of the app.
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