In the world of instant messaging there is more than WhatsApp and Telegram, but they are the most popular applications in the world, not counting Facebook Messenger. Viber is one of the oldest messaging platforms along with WhatsApp. It currently has more than 600 million users, mainly in Arab countries, where WhatsApp is practically unknown. In addition to messages, Viber allows us to make calls between users and to landlines and mobiles around the world, for several years, being the most direct competition of Skype in the Arab countries.
The executive order that Donald Trump announced last weekend has caused el rejection of most technology companies, Companies that except expressing their discomfort have done little more with the affected communities. However, Viber announced last Monday the possibility of making free calls between the countries involved in this executive order, for which users can be in permanent contact with their family and friends.
But in addition to this altruistic work, Viber has just launched a new update of its app for IOS and Android adding the possibility of create secret chats that destroy all written or sent content after a preset time. This function was already available on Telegram practically from its inception. But it is not the only novelty.
3D Touch technology has also been implemented in this update offering the possibility of being able to view the content of the chats without taking into them. Finally, the other novelty that the application has received is the possibility of sending video messages of up to 30 seconds, an option very similar to the one available via Skype.
The guys from Viber have also added support for iOS 10 rich notifications In addition to allowing you to send the videos and images in their original resolution, avoiding the conversion that they make to a lower resolution all messaging applications to save on sample data rate.
https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/viber/id382617920?mt=8
