Jiří Filip Press Release: It is almost a rule that we neglect regular updates of our applications and postpone this step until an opportune moment, which, however, never happens in practice. In this way, we unnecessarily deprive ourselves of new and interesting tools and functions, the result of which is a significantly better user experience. In addition, updated versions improve the performance, stability and security of applications running on your personal devices, ensuring a safer way to use them.
Lately, with each update of the Viber application, more tools for effective, easy and free communication have come. In case you've been overlooking these benefits until now, take a break now and see why Viber's regular updates bring new tools and features that are truly game-changing.
1. COMMUNITIES FOR EVERYONE
Viber brings another cool feature that will allow anyone to create their own community within the app. Viber Communities is a super-group chat where an unlimited group of people can exchange messages, collaborate with each other and enjoy more advanced features than a regular Viber group chat - and all it takes is a few simple steps. Starting with clicking the "New Community" button, selecting the contacts you want to add, and choosing a name for the community, this new place to share and nurture common interests becomes alive and ready to connect people with different roles and graded moderation options for administrators.
Try it out: Open Viber and click "Create New Message", then select "Create Community" and enter the name of your community
Available for: Android and iOS
2. EDITING MESSAGES
He is here. A quality we've all prayed for, whether it's when we've had sticky fingers, drunk typing, or just don't have a good command of our mother tongue - we've all experienced it at some point or another. Yes, a similar option existed for posts on social networks before, but our text messages could not be changed, so they remained forever a monument to our unique language skills. Fortunately, Viber recently allowed us to change all messages already sent and received into more correct statements, both in terms of content and grammatical accuracy. So no more endless messages starting with an asterisk to explain what we meant. Just select the message that needs a facelift and change it with one click.
Available for: Android, soon also on iOS.
3. TRANSLATION
In one of its recent updates, your favorite messaging app addressed the need for users to communicate without borders. We've seen a translation tool in some other apps before, but never before has this tool been available for a live chat, whether 1:1 or group chat. With this handy little tool, with one click of a button, you can now speak fluently with people of the same interests no matter where they come from, regardless of the language they use. Whether you're looking for community travel information or concerned about your cat's recent behavior, you can share opinions with your peers around the world with just your native language. Jump over the inconvenient language barrier that has held you back in the past and get rid of the need to install another memory-hungry translation application.
Try it: Long click on a message to bring up the message options. Select the "Translate" option. By default, the message will be translated back to your Viber language, but you can also translate it to another language.
Everything you need to chat without borders is already available for Android and coming soon to iOS.
4. UNREAD MESSAGES
For Viber desktop users, especially those who use it mainly for business communication, there's another cool news: if you receive a message when you're busy and can't reply right away, you can keep it at the top of the message list until you have time to devote to her. Hover over the chat tab, click the small triangle and select one of the following options: a) Default order (so that your incoming messages remain in the order they arrived) or b) Unread messages on top (so that Viber always keeps unread messages at the top, so you don't lose track of important messages from your peers); and even c) Mark all messages as read - if you have learned what happened in the meantime and you no longer need to see unopened messages on the chat screen.
Every update matters when you want to conveniently share news, try out the latest trends, and have the latest features at your disposal. Send a word to your closest friend or a group of colleagues, and even the whole world in a precise and understandable way, and never forget the messages that really matter to you - through your favorite communication application.
It's basically catching up with Telegram :) Unfortunately, it's not easy to switch to another platform for contacts, but hopefully Telegram will continue to grow at the same pace as before :)
Sometimes the update is about performance, user experience, bug fixes, and sometimes it's a downgrade in the form of trimming functionality and the team tries to force the user to switch to a subscription form. (Like Prisma Photo Editor ☹️)