Viber

viv0147

Hi everyone there is an app if you have any kind of smartphone you may find very useful for friends & Family it’s called (viber) it enables you to send free text and free phone calls providing you both have it!! And the App is free as well, and being it works via the Internet you can use it even when your phone has no signal very handy that. When you install the App allow it to go through your phone contacts and if any of them have viber it will add them automatically to your viber contacts

NFH

Viber's sound quality is usually better than Skype. However, one concern I have is that Viber uploads all your contacts to its servers and stores them there, unlike Whatsapp which has a similar contact matching process but without any storage of your contacts on its servers.

viv0147

NFH wrote: »

Viber's sound quality is usually better than Skype. However, one concern I have is that Viber uploads all your contacts to its servers and stores them there, unlike Whatsapp which has a similar contact matching process but without any storage of your contacts on its servers.

I was unaware of that but saying that it's pretty common on so many things on the internet these days! I have been using Viber for about 4 months now and up to now I have had no problems and neither have my contacts. I guess we have to trust they don't use the information in a detremental way! Obviously if it did happen I would stop using the App

NFH

viv0147 wrote: »

I was unaware of that but saying that it's pretty common on so many things on the internet these days! I have been using Viber for about 4 months now and up to now I have had no problems and neither have my contacts. I guess we have to trust they don't use the information in a detremental way! Obviously if it did happen I would stop using the App

Neither you nor your contacts would necessarily be able to trace any malicious behaviour back to Viber. The fact that such a practice is common does not make it acceptable. I'm wary of my contacts being stored on a someone else's server that has the potential to be hacked by a third party.

visidigi

use it all the time when I am away on business to call the wifi - seriously helps with roaming costs...

Forever_Forest

Will there be any data charges here if you're using it for national calls inside the uk? Thanks

Im_just_careful

An alternative to Viber is the BT SmartTalk app.

This doesn't require the receiving end to have any kind of special app but to really work it needs you to have some kind of inclusive calls and a BT line.

I've only had occasion to try it a couple of times but I'm impressed so far.

NFH

Forever_Forest wrote: »

Will there be any data charges here if you're using it for national calls inside the uk? Thanks

It doesn't support national calls, only VOIP calls to other Viber users.

becki_2012

i used this app to phone home from turkey when on holiday. worked brilliantly via hotels wi fi, very clear and no different from calling someone and your both in same country,would recommend to anyone.

david516

Viber is just too good..the quality is amazing better than all the other applications like skype,vonage. It really saves me a lot of money on my international calls..