What is Viber? How does the Viber app work?

Currently, communication applications are the most used in the world, and it is for the simple reason that they are practical, inexpensive and easy to use. Such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Viber, among others, are completely free and offer many great options to establish communication with someone from anywhere in the world.

In this modern age, calling, video calling, and texting are essential for everyday life. And thanks to these apps, we can communicate easily just using our smartphone and having access to the Internet.

That's why this time we're going tell you about What is Viber? , How does it work?   and a few features that are different from its competitors, as well as some tips you should not miss.

What is Viber?

For many of us who don't know, the Viber app is a communication app, something similar, like WhatsApp and Telegram. But, how is this app different from others? Is it worth downloading it? If you have these questions and more, we can help you solve them here.

Viber is compatible with multiple operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, among others. So it will not be a problem to ask you if it is compatible with your computer or your mobile, and you can download Viber on your mobile  where you can have Viber on your PC desktop .

As we explained before, with Viber you can make calls and messages for free, it also allows you to make video calls , although at the moment it is only in its beta base.

How does the Viber app work?

Like WhatsApp Facebook Messenger, Telegram's goal is to be able talk to other people , therefore, messages must arrive uniquely with the person we are talking to and securely, for this reason, chats are end-to-end encrypted.

First of all, the sending user writes the message and sends it, this message is crypt and goes directly through the Viber servers, then reaches the final destination which is the recipient user and the message is no longer encrypted. Viber is available in over 30 languages , obviously relying on Spanish.

It is important to note that this application may present certain risks and that by agreeing to the terms and conditions we authorize Viber to store our information . While we may request to remove it, Viber has the final say as they own this information while we are using their app.

If you want to download it to your phone, you can do it directly from your mobile store, whether Android , iPhone, Windows Phone, or you can download it directly from its Official website if you prefer to install it on a computer.

How was Viber created?

The application was released on December 2, 2019 and would only work for iPhone, the goal at the time was to make a direct competition with Skype , then its version for Android phones was released but only for 50000 users, then they removed this restriction and was officially released on July 19, 2012.

Later it was included in other systems such as Blackberry, Windows Phone, among others. As of July 2012, the app had over 90 million users. More to come Viber released a version for Linux, exactly in August 2013, but only for 64-bit systems.

In February 2014, the Japanese company Rakuten announced the acquisition of Viber for an amount of 900 million . Oddly enough, Rakuten, the current company that owns Viber, is an official sponsor of FC Barcelona, ​​paying a fixed amount of € 55million per season.

Finally, we hope you enjoyed this article, but we would like to know, do you think Viber is a good app? Do you know how to install this app for free ? Leave us your opinion in the comments.