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by Felix Gillhuber

Not only FaceTime and WhatsApp offer video calls, but also the messaging app Viber. We’ll show you how you can start a video call with Viber and which requirements are necessary.

Viber: Click on the camera symbol to start a video call

Starting a video call with Viber is easy. Follow the steps:

  • Start the Viber app. 
  • Open the chat with the person you want to talk to via video. Alternatively you can search for the person in your contacts within Viber, if you don’t have a chat with them yet.
  • Click on the camera symbol. Now you can talk via video with your chosen contact. 
  • Another way is to click on the camera icon during a call. This will start a video call.
Either switch to video during the call or start from the beginning (c) Screenshot/Felix Gillhuber

Android-Requirements for a Viber video call

You need some system requirements to start a video call with Viber on Android: 

  • You must have at least Viber 5. 0. 
  • The operating system Android 4.0 or higher.

iOS-Requirements for a Viber video call

In iOS you also need some technical specifications to be able to start a video call:

  • At least iOS 7. 
  • Viber 5.0 or newer. 
  • And no older device than the iPhone 4s. 

Can you make video calls on Viber?

The messaging app Viber also offers a video call function, which allows you to make video calls on the app. By clicking on the camera symbol in a chat, you can start a video call.

How many people can video call on Viber?

Up to 20 people can join a video call on the Viber messaging app. The video call can be started as a group call from a group chat or individual people can be added to an ongoing call.

What is the maximum video size for Viber?

If you want to send a video via the Viber app, the video file can be a maximum size of 200 MB and a maximum length of 180 seconds.

How can I make free video calls?

To make free video calls you can use several messaging apps, like the Facebook Messenger, FaceTime, Skype, Viber or WhatsApp. Other options also include apps or websites like Google Hangouts, Microsoft Teams or Zoom.

How much data does a Viber video call use?

A Viber video call will use around 270 MB per hour. With a 1 GB plan you can therefore video call for a little under 4 hours.

Felix Gillhuber

Felix Gillhuber, born in 2001, has been a freelance author at BurdaForward since 2019. He is a specialist in all technical topics. Since 2020 he also writes English articles for How2ForU. He plans to study bioinformatics at the TU Munich after a year of work & travel in Canada. Feel free to contact him via Twitter or Facebook.

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Fix the last update. It is broken!

UPDATE: I’ve been contacted by support, it seemed like they really care to fix the problem. With new update my Viber is working without any problems. I really hope that they will not have any problems like this in the future. So… because support contacted me within 24hours, because they tried and care to resolve problem I changed my review to 5 stars.

I’ve been using this app over 6 years. I was even recommending it to all my family and friends. It is awesome, fast, never any problems with audio or video calls until the latest update. Since I updated it to the newest version it went down the hill. App start kicking me out, then it finally stopped doing that but then it start freezing. It froze for few minutes and then crash. I can’t do anything. I can’t back it up, I can’t report a problem, I can’t contact support… Nothing! I even tried removing the app and downloading it again. Even that didn’t help. It is so frustrating! I saw in the comments that I am not the only one with this problem. I really hope you will fix this problem soon.

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I have been a loyal and frequent user of Viber for at least a decade now. Viber has been my app of choice over all other chat services, including phone text. Viber has been serving me great until recently. The most recent update has deleted my account from my secondary device (iPad). After several unsuccessful attempts to log back in and restore my chat history, I found an article on the Viber support pages which clearly states that it is no longer possible to restore 1-on-1 chats and group chat history on a secondary tablet device. Which is very strange, because chat history actually syncs perfectly on a secondary computer device. Why was this important functionality suddenly removed? What is the point of backing up chat history if I can’t sync with my secondary tablet devices? When I start a chat on the primary device, I am no longer able to pick it up on my secondary device. This makes the app on the secondary device useless, so unfortunately I had to change my previously solid 5-star rating to 3 stars. App developers - please fix this problem, and re-enable seamless chat history sync across all devices, as it works on the competitor apps. Otherwise the Viber app becomes completely pointless on the secondary devices. Thank you.

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I have been an avid user of the app for 7 years and it’s been great with the stickers and gifs that make messaging interesting. But I’ve had problems receiving and sending messages in the past month. I made sure I am using the latest version of the app and iOS software. So when that did the fix my problem, I opted to delete and reinstall the app since that seemed to fix the issue for some people.

However, when I tried to restore my chat history, the app would crash after 1% and revert to my phone’s home screen. When I try opening the app, the restore screen would pop up and again crash after 1%. Granted I have about 28gb of chat history, but I have enough phone and iCloud storage that it shouldn’t be an issue. I reached out to the Viber support team, but after the quick initial response with their “solutions” and me answering “No, tried it, still crashing on me,” I haven’t heard back from them which has now been 5 days.

I really hope that they are working on the issue and not just keeping me on a shelf of “to-work-on-later” issues. But until I receive a viable solution to the problem, the app will remain deleted for me since when (and if) the restore eventually chooses to work for me, I don’t want new messages to be erased.

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Viber allows you to contact a person from any corner of the Earth. However, some of its functionality is paid, so it is important to figure out which calls will be without payment, and which will have to be paid for.

It is also worth considering that Viber can be installed on a smartphone or computer. nine0005

Contents

  1. How to call Viber from a phone?
  2. Contact from the phone book
  3. Viber user
  4. From chats
  5. Call to any number
  6. Are calls paid or free?
  7. Call via Viber from a computer
  8. Advantages of communication via Viber

How to call via Viber from a phone?

Viber call.

There are several ways to call:

  • a contact from the phone book; nine0015
  • user Viber;
  • from chats;
  • to any number, even abroad.

Contact from the phone book

If a person is registered in the application, then it is easy to call him for free in two ways:

  1. Open Contacts, select the desired subscriber, click on the Viber icon.
  2. Through the "Calls" option, which is located in the middle at the bottom of the messenger screen:
  • select the desired contact; nine0015
  • click on "handset" or "camera" (with video link).

Viber user

You can call someone who uses the messenger as follows:

  1. Click "Calls" at the bottom of the screen.
  2. Select the round purple dotted button at the bottom right and click on it.
  3. Enter a number.
  4. Click on the green handset to make a call.

See video for detailed instructions:

From chats

When chatting with any Viber user in chats, you can make a call:

  1. Open the chat. Click on the handset icon at the top of the screen.
  2. After - on the similar button next to the name of the interlocutor.

Call to any number

Viber Out is an add-on within the program that allows you to contact those who are not registered with Viber. At the same time, you can call mobile and landline phones (including abroad). nine0005

This can only be done after replenishing the balance of the messenger.

In order to top up your account, you need to:

  • click on the "More" button at the bottom of the messenger;
  • select "Viber Out";
  • in the tabs "Tariffs" or "Balance" find the most advantageous offer;
  • enter bank card details;
  • make a payment.
Call using Viber Out.

After topping up the balance:

  1. Select a contact from the list or enter the required number in the messenger. nine0015
  2. If the owner of the phone is not registered in Viber, then after pressing the "handset" button, the system will automatically offer a paid call.
  3. Select "Try with Viber Out".

To communicate with people who are not registered in the messenger, there is an opportunity to use various additional bonuses.

When depositing a certain amount, you can purchase "offer packages":

  • unlimited "1 month worldwide"; nine0015
  • 100 minutes per month for country-specific calls to both mobile and landline phones.

If there is a discount coupon, it can be used when replenishing the balance. Such coupons are sent by the messenger itself, sometimes they are offered by some companies or people who cooperate with the application. They are also published online.

Are calls free or paid?

Android and smartphone users have the opportunity to make free calls via messenger. This rule is valid if the program is installed on both interlocutors, and there is also access to the Network. nine0005

If someone does not have Viber installed (the user is not registered), then it is still possible to call him through the application. However, this service will be paid. This is beneficial when making a call to another country.

Viber call from computer

Viber call from computer.

Viber for a computer is a kind of analogue of Skype. For free calls, you will need to log in to the program. You can make such a call only to those devices that use the program. nine0005

To call a subscriber, press the handset (if calling saved contacts). The number is dialed by pressing the dot icon on the left (reminiscent of the keypad of a push-button phone).

Advantages of communication via Viber

This program is universal for a large number of countries and allows you to communicate without restrictions. The main thing is to have the Internet. If the program is installed on both devices, then it is possible to contact a subscriber from anywhere in the world without paying for the connection. nine0149

However, the developers do not accept communication restrictions, so they made it possible to communicate even if one of the devices does not have an application. And although such conversations will cost money, Viber will reduce the costs for communication with other regions or even countries.

How to call from Viber to Russia and other countries to mobile or landline phones

Updated on 10. 10.2020

Viber is now installed, if not for every first, then for sure every second. nine0007 Well, maybe that grandmother over there with a purse who crosses the road in the wrong place doesn't have it, but that's only because she has an old phone with buttons.

And as we all know or guess, calls using this application can be paid and free. If the person you decide to call has this program on a smartphone or computer, then if you have the Internet, you can communicate with him for free and for an unlimited time.


But if your interlocutor does not have Viber installed, then you can persistently suggest that he install (what a terrible word) it on his phone (and then, if you like it - and install on computer ).
But, if he looks at you with frightened eyes and does not quite understand what he is talking about (or does not want to understand), then you can call him on a regular phone using the Viber Out function.

We are talking, of course, about cases when it is impossible or very expensive to use regular communication.
For example, you are outside your beloved homeland, but your friend or relative has stayed at home.

There are also cases when the owner of a phone with the installed Viber program has to call via a paid channel. nine0007 This happens when the smartphone is turned off, discharged or just thrown somewhere, and you need to contact the person urgently right this very second. In this case, you can call a landline office or home phone.
Also, many people carry two mobile phones with them, and you can always call the other one if the first one is not available.

This is where the Viber Out function comes to the rescue. But, for money.

After topping up your account, you get the opportunity to call landline (landline) and mobile phones at fixed rates, which are linked, of course, to the dollar rate. American..

Now let's go through all the steps step by step, looking at the pictures for a better understanding of everything written.

How to top up your Viber account (Viber Out)

In order to make paid calls from Viber, you need to have a positive balance on your account, since there are no credits here.
We will top up our account via mobile phone, which is faster and easier. Why complicate life?

So, open the menu of the Viber mobile application by clicking on the icon in the upper left corner and select Viber Out ..
This is the service that will allow us to call any phone, including a landline, without being tied to the application itself.

So far, as we can see, our account balance is zero. To fix this, select the required amount for replenishment from the three proposed options:
1$
5$
10$ (without one cent) and press the corresponding button.
At the current commercial rate, you can also see the price in national currency in order to navigate when paying. nine0005

(If your Viber is updated and the replenishment page looks different from the one shown above, then find the link BALANCE at the top and click on it. )

Let's replenish our account with a minimum amount of $0.99.

If you use iPhone , then payment goes, of course, through the proprietary application iTunes Store .

If your device runs on Android , then you can pay in two ways. By choice. nine0005

Either by simply entering the payment card details, or (second option) through your Google account, if your card is linked to it. And it can be tied if you have already bought something on Play Market or in some other way showed your card to the all-pervading Search Engine.

In general, if Google knows your map, then payment will be very simple.

And we will go the hard way and pay with a new card.

Enter all the data required for payment and press BUY .

The entire payment process could not be shown on screenshots (by the way, do you know how to take a screenshot of on a smartphone?), because the application blocked the creation of a screenshot during the transfer of money, but there is nothing complicated there.

If everything is correct and good, then we will see how our balance from zero turned into one dollar, as in our case.

And in the menu Viber Out after the receipt of funds, a new item 9 appeared0148 My account , where you can see all our calls and payments.
Since we have not had time to call anywhere yet, we can only see our recent payment:

How to unlock money on the Viber Out account



blocked on the account.
They do not disappear, but for their further use it will be necessary to perform a number of actions. nine0005

First of all, you need to register in the personal account of this messenger, if you have not already done so.
The majority, of course, never register there, since there is no special meaning in this procedure.
But that's the only way to unlock money.

Follow the link to page to log in to your Viber account and enter the phone number and password you created during registration.

We first select the language in which it will be convenient for you to communicate by clicking on the drop-down link in the lower right corner:

After entering, we find the link Unblock , as shown in the figure and click on it:

After that, you can see your balance and look at it again for another six months or safely spend and replenish again:

How to call with Viber abroad to a landline or mobile phone



It makes sense to call abroad (from abroad). Within the country, it is cheaper and easier to call in the usual mode on a normal phone. nine0007 Unless, you are in such a magical place that has the Internet, but no mobile connection. Bunker, for example!

Calling using Viber Out is no different from calling a regular number from a mobile phone.
To understand how much a minute of a call to a certain country costs, you need to open the menu and go to item Prices for calls .

By default, several popular countries, according to Viber analysts, are offered. And in the search box, you can select the required country by entering its name or the first digits of your subscriber's phone number. nine0007 Calls to mobile phones tend to be more expensive than landlines. But not everywhere and not always.

Speaking specifically about calls to Russia, their cost at the time of writing the article is as follows:
That is, ten cents and two and a half cents.

Prices in national currency at the current exchange rate are also indicated in brackets in order to better understand the tariffs. nine0005

Select the menu Calls in Viber in the top panel and click on the keyboard icon at the bottom right.

We dial the number and press the green call button. If this subscriber "has a Viber on the number", then the application will offer you a choice of how to call: free or paid through the Viber Out service.
Choose Call Viber Out and make a call!

If Viber is not installed on the number, the call will automatically go to the paid option. nine0005

A call to any country is made in the same way.
You dial the subscriber's number in international format and press Call.
Tariffs do not depend on where you make the call from. The system will simply display prices in the currency of your country: euros, dollars, rubles, hryvnias, and so on.

After the end of the conversation in the sub-item Viber Out My account , the data on the call will appear.
Billing, as we see, is per minute, that is, any call duration, even one second, will be rounded up and counted as one minute. nine0005

In conclusion, we want to show the cost of calls to popular destinations that are valid at the time of writing the article in the Viber Out application.

Ukraine : call to mobile $0.23, to landline $0.

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