Viber is basically communication on a smartphone, but sometimes it is more comfortable to use the Windows version. This approach can be justified, for example, when mobile communications are poor and there is no Wi-Fi. If everything is OK with the mobile phone - Viber is already installed on it, then the version for the computer is installed in a couple of clicks without problems. But what about the owners of antediluvian phones that are not friends with the messenger? Catch the info on how to install Viber on your computer without a smartphone.

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Installing Viber on a PC

If you cannot make friends with your phone with Viber, you need to use an Android emulation program. There are several options for such applications. We present the top solutions in the form of a table:

All these are Windows programs, although there are Mac versions under all these names, and Andy even works under Linux.

After installing the emulator, you need to install Viber on a desktop PC or laptop. Read on for details.

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Installing an emulator and Viber on a computer

As an emulator, we will choose Bluestacks, as the most functional program. To get started, you need to download it from the office. site. If the antivirus does not like it, do not pay attention. You can remove it from your computer after use. Bluestax installation takes 5-10 minutes. To install, you need a couple of free GB, select a folder on a suitable disk.

Checkboxes for access to the store and communications should not be removed during installation. After installation, the application will launch. The program will ask permission to determine the user's location. You can agree or refuse, it will not play a special role. Next, select the interface language. The following setting items:

• Adding a Google account. Without it, in any way, because Google Play will definitely come in handy for us. Enter email and password. If you don't have a Google account, you need to register it. You should get a mailbox from gmail.com after the "dog". We save mail data (name, password) on a computer or write it down in a notebook.
• Next, the Google services window will appear. It is advisable not to remove the checkmarks in it. The exception is the newsletter.
• We skip entering payment data. We will use it for free.
• Enter your name for personalization.
• Opens a window where you can find the Play Store icon.
• We find Viber in the pantry of Google and install it in the emulator.
• Click "Open" to launch the messenger.

Viber settings in the emulator:

• Enter the SIM number of an old phone.
• An SMS will be sent to your mobile phone to confirm your registration.
• Viber activation in the emulator is completed. You can enter a first/last name.

Now we have Viber in the emulator, it remains to install the computer version of the application on the PC. We download it at messenger website and proceed to install Viber on a computer without a modern phone. At the very beginning of the installation, the program will prompt you to enter a phone number. We enter the one to which the Viber is attached, installed in the emulator.

Next, the messenger will offer to scan the QR code with a smartphone. Select the "Camera not working" link. In the authentication window that opens, click "Copy", after which a link is placed on the clipboard, which is the identification key.

We return to Bluestacks, go to the browser and paste the copied key into the address bar. The emulator will prompt you to confirm the activation of Viber on your computer. We agree, completing the process of installing the messenger on the PC.

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Viber Settings - the final chord of the procedure . If they are still pulled up - fine, otherwise you will have to add them through the emulator. Android has a button to add contacts. We use it, add people and save ourselves from having to enter subscriber numbers every time.

In conclusion, we list the main stages of the deed:

1. Bluestax was installed.
2. We found Viber in the Play Store and installed it in the emulator.
3. We launched the Viber installation on a PC and, along the way, tied the computer application to the android one.

In general, the main idea is to replace the smartphone with a program that imitates it. As you can see, Viber is installed on a computer without first being installed on a phone.

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How to use Viber on a computer

Contents

• Setting up Viber on a Windows computer
  • Step 1: Setting up the mobile version of Viber
  • Step 2: Installing and activating the messenger on a PC 9003 Synchronizing desktop and mobile versions of the client application
  • Step 4: Selecting Viber options for Windows
• How to use the Viber messenger from a computer
  • Text messages
  • Smiley and stickers
  • Sending content from popular Internet resources
  • Voice posts
  • Sending of various types
  • Group chats
  communities and span
  • Audio and video calls
  • Viber Out (calls from a messenger to any number)
  • Increased productivity and convenience
  • Account deactivation, exit from the client application and its removal from the PC
• Conclusion
• Questions and answers

The Viber application adapted for Windows significantly expands the possibilities of the user registered in the system for exchanging information. Let's take a look at what features are provided by the version of the messenger for computers and laptops, and also demonstrate how to use the available functions as efficiently as possible.

Setting up Viber on a Windows 9 computer0009

Before any software tool can perform its functions properly, it must be installed and configured. Difficulties are definitely not what you will encounter when getting and setting up the desktop version of the Viber application, but only if you correctly prioritize operations and follow the recommendations step by step.

Step 1: Setting up the mobile version of Viber

In the case of Viber, designed to be used on a PC or laptop, we are not dealing with a standalone application, but in many ways only a clone of a messenger running on a mobile device. Therefore, the best solution would be to initially ensure the operability and configure the service client on your smartphone.

Read more: How to set up Viber on an Android smartphone and iPhone

Step 2: Install and activate the messenger on a PC

Windows environment. If you follow the detailed instructions from the articles on the links below, no problems should arise in the process, we only note that Windows XP users should be more careful about choosing a distribution version than users of current versions of Microsoft OS.

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Step 3: Synchronizing the desktop and mobile versions of the client application

The functions of Viber for a computer depend on the phone version of the messenger, the need to ensure synchronization of the main (for Android or iOS) and affiliated (for Windows) applications is extremely important. Pair the indicated clients before further use of the communication system with a PC, if this was not done immediately after activating the desktop version of Viber.

Read more: How to sync Viber on PC and Android smartphone or iPhone

Step 4: Choose Viber settings for Windows

By and large, after completing the previous steps, you can start using the Viber desktop client. At the same time, in order to ensure the highest possible level of comfort when working in the messenger from a computer, read the list of its settings and override the settings if necessary.

1. Access to the Viber settings for Windows can be obtained in three ways:
   • From menu "Tools" , by clicking in it "Options..." ;
   • By clicking on the icon "Gear" at the top right in the main application window;
   • By selecting item "Settings" on the tab "More" application.
2. Opening the window "Settings" , you find yourself in their first, more informational section - "Account" , where there is the only changeable option - "Start Viber on system boot" . Uncheck the checkbox next to the specified item if you consider autoloading the messenger immediately after Windows starts to be an unnecessary procedure.
3. Interface setup . The appearance of Viber for PC can be customized for the most comfortable experience by changing:
   • Language , in which each element of windows and menus of the application is signed;

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   • Interface themes by choosing one of three options from the section of the same name in "Parameters" :
     • Open section "Themes" in the application settings window.
     • Move the position of the radio button in the area "Themes" to position "Classic" , "Navy" or "Black" .
     • When evaluating the result of an instant design change, keep the most attractive design option for you.
   • Background for dialogues and group chats in which you will participate. To select a new background, click on the square area under the option name "Set default background" .

     Next, or click on the image preview in the list supplied with the messenger,

     or upload a photo from the PC disk into the application by clicking on the area "Select background or drag and drop here" .

4. If you plan to make voice and/or video calls via Viber PC in addition to exchanging text messages and files, or encounter problems using this feature in the future, check the functioning of the microphone and webcam in the application by going to section "Audio and video" its settings.

   You can select which "Microphone" , "Speakers" or "Camera" are involved using the drop-down lists (of course, if these devices are not present in the system in a single copy). And here it is also possible to adjust the sensitivity of the voice recording device and the playback volume level of all sounds coming from the messenger.

   Read also: How to turn off the sound in Viber on a computer

5. Security and Privacy . In this settings section there is a rather useful option that allows you to restrict access to the application by unauthorized persons - "Set a password for Viber" . If you find it necessary to enable such protection:
   • Click on the button "Enable password for Viber" .
   • Next, enter the secret combination of letters and numbers twice into the appropriate fields of the window that opens, then click "Done" .
   • Now your messenger is securely protected from the eyes of people who have physical access to the PC. Additionally, you can select the time period counted from the moment you stop your activity in the program, after which Viber will be blocked.
6. When using Viber on a computer, signals from it about the activity of interlocutors and group members often interfere with the normal use of other software. Going to Section "Notifications" , you can restrict their receipt when receiving incoming messages by moving the radio buttons in the two available areas of the window to the positions "Only calls" .
7. To adjust the process of receiving photos and videos from the Viber application for Windows, go to section "Gallery and media" of its settings. Here you can:
   • Determine the storage period for media files downloaded from the messenger on the computer;
   • Disable "Autoload photo / video" to save space on the PC disk;
   • Deactivate option "Play videos automatically" if you do not want to additionally load the used Internet channel.

When you have finished overriding the settings, close the window "Parameters" . Now Viber for a computer is considered prepared for further operation.

How to use the Viber messenger from a computer

After installing, activating and configuring the Viber application in a Windows environment, users of stationary PCs and laptops do not have any obstacles for effective interaction with one of the most popular information exchange systems today. The desktop client of the messenger has a lot of functions, but it’s not difficult to figure out how to perform this or that operation.

Text messaging

Correspondence (chat) with another person physically located anywhere in the world is perhaps the main reason why people install any messenger on their computer. The developers of Viber for PC took this fact into account - all the interface elements that will be needed when creating a message and sending it, as well as for reading incoming messages, are immediately available after starting the application.

1. The list of open chats, received, among other things, from the “main” messenger client installed on the smartphone due to synchronization, is almost always displayed on the left side of the Viber Desktop window, and if this is not the case, it can be easily called up by clicking on the button "Conversations" .
2. To continue chatting in a previously created dialog or open a group chat of which you are already a member, you just need to click on the name of the interlocutor or the name of the group in the left part of the application window.
3. To create a new chat, that is, write to a Viber participant with whom there has not yet been a correspondence, but his data is in the messenger's address book, you can go one of three ways.

   Whichever of the above actions you perform, the address book will open. Further, depending on the type of the displayed list of contacts, simply click on the name of the future interlocutor or check the checkbox next to the desired user, and then press "Start a chat" .

   Read also: How to add contacts to the address book of the Viber messenger

4. To create a chat with a messenger participant not included in the Viber PC address book:
5. After the chat is created or opened, you can enter the text of the message in the field "Write a message ..." .

   To send a message, click on the round button "Paper airplane" next to the input area.

   In addition to typing manually, the text of the message can be generated by copying from other applications and then pasting into the field of the messenger window,

   but in this case, note that there is a limitation. The volume of the message transmitted via Viber must not exceed 7000 characters.

6. If you find an error in a sent message, don't worry, you can fix it:
   • Right-click in the departure area and then select "Edit" from the drop-down menu.

   • When you're done editing, click the round checkmark button.
     
   • As a result, the message will be changed and will be displayed in the correspondence in the form that is needed.

In situations where you need to delete one or more messages from a chat, completely clear the history of correspondence with a particular user, or arrange the list of open conversations by destroying its individual elements, follow the appropriate instructions from our articles.

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Emoticons and stickers

The text of a message transmitted via the desktop version of Viber can be very easily “diluted” with emoticons, as well as supplemented or even replaced with an emotional “sticker” picture, which is very popular among messenger users today.

1. To open the lists of available emoticons and stickers, click on the icon located close to the message entry field on the left.
2. To insert a smiley into the text of the message, click on it in the area that appears on the right side of the window after completing the previous paragraph of these recommendations.
3. To send a sticker:
   • Click the button that expands the list of sticker packs that are available within the Viber account you are using;
   • In the area "MY STICKER PACKS" click on the preview of the set of pictures containing the desired one;
   • The third click, already on the target sticker in the area on the right of the window, completes the operation of sending it to the interlocutor.

Note that you can only add to your collection of stickers using the mobile version of the messenger with which the desktop client is affiliated. Both in the version of Viber for Android, and among the functions of that in the iOS environment, there is "Sticker Store" from which static and animated "stickers" are downloaded.

To organize your collection of stickers and remove unnecessary sticker packs from the application on your PC, use the instructions from the following material.

Read more: How to remove stickers from Viber for PC

Sending content from popular Internet resources

In the attachment menu that you used above to bring up the emoji and stickers panel, there is an icon "GIF" that provides the ability to quickly find and send content posted on popular websites without launching a browser and copying information from it into a message sent via Viber for a computer.

1. Open a conversation with another user and click on the icon "GIF" .
2. Select a resource from the list that opens.

3. Depending on the type of website selected, the next steps may be different - select what to send by scrolling through the list of offers, or write a search query.

4. By clicking on the relevant search result,

   you will instantly share the link with your interlocutor.

Voice messages

Many messenger users find it convenient not to type messages from the keyboard, but to dictate a message into the microphone and send a recording of their voice to the interlocutor. The desktop version of Viber makes it very easy to create "Voice Message" and quickly transfer it to another account holder in the service in question.

1. To start recording an audio message, press the round button "Microphone" to the right of the entry text of the items.
2. When you have finished speaking the message, click on the green checkmark button next to the timer.
3. After completing the previous paragraph of the instruction, the record is instantly transferred to the chat.

Sending files of various types

Viber for Windows can be a very convenient tool for transferring various files, because it is on the computer that users most often store most of the information. The only limitation on using the messenger to send files is the size of the file being sent - if you try to transfer more than 200 MB of data, the application will give an error.

1. There is a button “+” in the attachments menu, consisting of three icons and located to the right of the message input field. By clicking on it, you initiate the opening of the file selection window.
2. Navigate to the location of the data to be sent on the PC disk and select the file sent to another Viber user. To start the transfer press "Open" .
3. Wait for the completion of sending the file selected in the previous step to the other party.

4. Depending on the type, the transmitted message is displayed differently in the chat history.

The above instruction describes not the only possible algorithm, following which you can quickly send a file to another participant in the information exchange system under consideration. A separate article on our site describes other methods for implementing the procedure using the example of sending a photo, but you can use these techniques for any type of file.

Read more: How to send photos via Viber for PC

Group chats

Correspondence with one user within a single conversation is not the only place where you can use the above functionality of the Viber desktop client. You can at any time become a member of a group of three or more people and, using the same techniques as in a chat with a single user, send messages with emoticons, stickers, various content, voice messages, as well as files, but already to several or many people.

Note that it is very easy to organize a group chat by yourself.

More: How to create a group in Viber from a computer

Communities and public accounts

Participation in communities and subscription to public accounts have become very popular among users registered in the messenger. We talked about finding a suitable resource of this type in Viber, including from a computer, as well as the actions that need to be taken to join a group or subscribe to receive information from public pages, in a separate article on our website. To view it, please follow the following link.

Read more: How to find a community or public account in Viber from a computer

Audio and video calls

Voice and video communication within the service is the next most popular feature for registered users of Viber after the exchange of short messages. In addition to being free, the popularity of this type of communication is due to the simple implementation of the call process, including from a computer. The procedure for making audio calls using Viber in the Windows environment is described in the article at the link below.

Read more: How to make voice calls via Viber on a computer

Video calls, as well as communication exclusively by voice, are easy to organize in the desktop version of Viber.

1. There are three methods to enable the video call feature:
   • Go to the chat with the called party and click on the icon "Camera" .
   • Open "Contacts" , click on the name of another messenger user with the right mouse button and select item "Video call" in the menu that opens.
   • Click to select the username in the list of open dialogs or the messenger address book, then open the menu "Call" and click on the item "Video call User_name" .
2. Any of the above actions will activate your PC's webcam and initiate a call to the selected party. It remains only to wait for an answer, after which you will see an image from the camera of the interlocutor's device, but only if he has not forbidden to broadcast the video.

3. During video communication, the function of call forwarding to the Viber client installed on your phone is available, which can be very convenient in certain situations. “Transferring” a video call to a smartphone is done by clicking on the button marked in the following screenshot.
4. Separately, we note the possibility of showing an image of your computer screen to another Viber participant during a video call. This is a very useful addition if you need help solving problems with various Windows software. To enable the option, you just need to click "Translate screen" .

Viber Out (calls from the messenger to any number)

One of the features of Viber, which distinguishes it from analogues, is the ability to make calls not only within the messenger, but also to any phone numbers in all countries of the world. This service is called Viber Out and is provided for a fee, and instructions for using it from a computer can be found in the material on our website, available at the following link.

Read more: How to use the Viber Out service from a computer

Increasing productivity and convenience

In conclusion of the description of the methods for calling and implementing Viber functions from a PC, we will present several life hacks, the use of which allows you to work more efficiently in the messenger.

Account deactivation, exit from the client application and its removal from the PC

Viber for Windows is temporarily suspended by exiting the application. Here you need to take into account that by default the tool in question always works in the background and, even by clicking on the button with a cross in the title of its window, you will not close the messenger, but only minimize it to tray.

To completely stop using the computer as a means of accessing the capabilities of the information exchange system, you will need to deactivate the program on your PC and (optionally) uninstall it. Instructions for performing these three operations are already presented in the materials on our website.

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Conclusion

Mastering Viber for Windows may seem complicated and lengthy at first glance. In fact, the considered application is arranged simply and logically, and the process of using each of its functions can be effective even if the user acts on an intuitive level.

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