Viber updates iPhone, Android app with group messaging, improved UI and better HD call quality

2. nofear posted on 24 Jul 2012, 08:40 0

Android community, it character recognition is lacking a robust-plugin when a keyboard UI was not quite on par that Apple community app provides when enable different language was used. I can not view what my friend was sent to me, It's showing only line or square. Skype is lacking this support and not pushing its developer to reveal or use unicode correctly. I'd hope Viber app has that edge over Skype.

3. IamYourFather6657 posted on 24 Jul 2012, 09:06 0

*LIKE*

4. Yousiff posted on 24 Jul 2012, 09:07 0

Viber is a neat app. Very simple yet helpful. Simply one of the best app ever made.

5. Viber posted on 24 Jul 2012, 10:02 2

Hi,

This is a member of the Viber R&D Team!
Thank you for your review of our new version. We are always delighted to hear about users' experiences.

@valapsp -
We are working had these days on implementing our calling services for Viber for Windows Phone. It is actually not such an easy task as it may seem, but we are doing everything in our power to bring it to our fans as soon as possible. Once we have news, we will officially announce it.

@nofear -
We are not entirely sure we understood the problem. Please try to elaborate.

@Yousiff -
Thanks for the kind compliments! Enjoy the new version ;)

Please feel free to let us know your thoughts, questions and comments, we'd be happy to hear from you.
Viber Team

7. Cyan3boN posted on 24 Jul 2012, 13:48 0

The best VOIP EVER!!!!

10. Yousiff posted on 25 Jul 2012, 06:53 0

@Mr.Viber,

Are you considering a video call feature in the future? Hmmm, it will be a cool alternative skype-like app.

13. bleissner92 posted on 25 Jul 2012, 23:05 0

I have had iPhones for years and am wanting to switch to an android phone because I'm looking for something more exciting. The only drawback to the phone I am looking at that the iPhone has as an advantage is group messaging. My whole family has iPhones and we communicate a lot through group messaging. My question is, is it possible to group message seamlessly between andriod phones and iPhone with the iPhone users messaging through the native app, not Viber?

15. bleissner92 posted on 26 Jul 2012, 12:07 0

The latter. Sorry for the poor wording. I will be using viber on an android phone and they will be using the native messaging app on the iPhone. Thanks!!

17. mileniasm posted on 19 Aug 2012, 08:55 0

@nofear I have the same problem! I've been searching for solution for weeks now, and all I get is one big fat zero... It seems to me that Viber has an emoticon compatibility problem... Somehow they have not managed to successfully implement the emoji codec (which is part of iPhone's OS) to talk to Android's OS, so when an iPhone user sends emoticons to an Android user via Viber, the Android user gets jumbled up characters, squares etc... I've installed Handcent SMS and plugin, all sorts of emoji codecs, but nothing works. I've been searching all over the net for a solution to this, but in the end, I just have to agree that WhatsApp is the better app for messages and that's it! They are also using emoji, but I can see the emoticons that my friend sends from his iPhone to my Android phone...