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How to Make International Calls for Free

Calling friends and family members is usually a top priority for anyone traveling or living abroad. Whether you’re feeling homesick, would like to tell a loved one how much you’ve missed them, or need to converse with a colleague who happens to be located in a different country, calling abroad can end up getting quite pricey. Take it from someone who nearly spent the amount of money it cost to buy flight ticket calling her then-boyfriend and best friend while she was abroad.

Instead of having to deal with extremely high phone bills (and a rather unpleased father), making international calls for free or for a low rate is something everyone should know how to do. If you need a guide on how to make international calls for free but don’t really feel like rummaging the web for your answer, we’ve got the exact answers you’re looking for right here. Let us guide you through the process of international calling using your smartphone.

How to Call Abroad For Free

Nowadays, several apps including our very own Viber, are able to connect users through their desktop, mobile or tablet to their friends and family no matter their physical location. Thanks to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), a revolutionary method that takes analog audio signals and turns them into digital data that can be transmitted over the internet, international calling, which was once considered quite the luxury, has now become something every person is able to do for free.

As a cross-platform instant messaging and VoIP app, Viber enables you to call, video call and message other Viber users for free no matter where you are. How does it work, you wonder? Viber uses your 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi internet connection to enable you to call abroad for free no matter where you are. You should, however, be aware that there could be mobile data charges if you have exceeded your data plan. If your data plan is not unlimited, though, simply use a Wi-Fi connection as often as possible to avoid additional charges. And if you’re not sure about your data plan restrictions, contact your service provider for further information.

Here’s how to use Viber to call abroad for free to make international phone calls from your iPhone or Android. Simply follow these instructions:

From the contact list:

1.  Choose to view only Viber contacts

2.  Select the contact you want to call

3.  Click Free Call

From a one-on-one chat:

1.  Open your chat with the contact you want to call

2.  Click the Call button

From the calls screen:

1.  Open the calls screen

2.  Click the phone icon next to one of your recent calls

OR

1.  Click Open Keypad

2.  Enter the Viber user’s phone number in the correct format (+Country Code – Area Code – Phone number)

3.  Click the Call button

You can also make free Viber to Viber calls from your desktop either by selecting a contact from your existing contact list or by typing in a contact’s phone number through your keypad. Here’s how to get it done by desktop in case you’re busy charging your phone in the meantime:

From the contact list:

1.  Open Viber

2.  Open the contact list

3.  Select the contact you would like to call (Only contacts with the Viber badge can be called for free)

4.  Click on the Phone Icon

5.  Select Free Viber Call

From the keypad:

1.   Open Viber

2.  Select the keypad icon

3.  Type the number you would like to call

4.  Select the call button

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Making International Calls Using Your Smartphone

Now that you’ve got all the instructions you need on how to call abroad for free using your phone or desktop, you should know what other options are out there for making international phone calls to your family or friends who don’t have a Viber account.

While the majority of the world’s population owns a smartphone, there still are those who don’t own one, don’t have an internet connection or don’t have a Viber account. That’s where Viber Out comes into play, helping you get in touch with your loved ones no matter their circumstances.

Viber will never complete a call to a non-Viber user without first telling you that you’re about to make a regular call and requesting permission. However, if you know you’ll be making international calls on a regular basis, purchasing Viber Out credit is your best choice. Not only will it save you money but it will also prevent your having to search for cheap international calling alternatives.

With Viber Out you’ll be able to call anyone, no matter their location or circumstances. Call at a flexible and low-rate by choosing the option that best suits your needs:

Credit plans:

30-day calling plans:

Monthly subscription plans

Now that you not only know how to call abroad for free but also how to make international calls using your smartphone, you’re all set to go on your summer vacation, resting assured that your loved ones will be up to date regarding your trip with Viber’s help.

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Viber is a secure, private, fun messaging and calling app, connecting over a billion people worldwide!

With group chats, disappearing messages, reminders, and more, you can do it all with Viber!

Make Free Audio and Video Calls
Enjoy unlimited Viber-to-Viber calls with up to 50 people and make crystal-clear audio and video calls to anyone in the world. Great for connecting with friends, family, and colleagues!

End-to-end Encryption
On by default for all 1-1 calls, chats, and group chats, end-to-end encryption allows to you to communicate with confidence knowing that all private messages are, well, private. No one, not even Viber can read your messages.

Open a Group Chat
Catch up with friends, family, and coworkers by opening a group chat for up to 250 members. Use polls and quizzes, @mentions and reactions to get the most out of your group!

Send Free Messages
Staying in touch has never been easier. Send a free text, photo, sticker, GIFs, or video message, along with many other types of files. Viber is a great alternative for fans of SMS texting!

React to Messages
React to messages with emojis to express exactly how you feel in your 1-on-1 and group chats!

Self-Destructing Messages
Send Disappearing Messages in your 1-on-1 and group chats by setting a timer for each message. Choose how long the recipient has to read your message - 10 seconds, 1 minute, or up to 1 day!

Express Yourself with Lenses GIFs and Stickers
Characters are unlimited on Viber! Get creative with fun, funny, and beautifying Viber lenses. GIFs and over 55,000 stickers also await you - you can even create your own!

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Whether it's sports, news, cooking, travel or entertainment, get the content you really want and connect with others with similar interests. Interact with an unlimited number of people, about a shared topic or passion. Start your own, and enjoy more ways to engage your members and subscribers!

Make Low-cost Calls to Landlines with Viber Out
Call any landline or mobile phone with Viber Out’s low-cost international calling service.

Viber Out Subscriptions are bundled minutes to call a specific destination, which can be purchased in-app and be renewed monthly or weekly depending on your plan. If you subscribe via iTunes, payment will be charged to your account when the purchase is confirmed. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Account will be charged for this renewal up to 24 hours before the end of the current period at the rate of your selected plan. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your iTunes account settings on your device.

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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.

We've heard about this from other people as well. We're collecting information from people who are experiencing this issue and would be really glad to hear more about it from you. Could you provide some more detail? You can do that here: https://vb.me/store-en

Not possible to restore chat on secondary device (iPad)

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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Thank you for reaching us, please share the details with our support team by opening a ticket mentioning Play Market and adding all relevant information to escalate the feedback and assist you: vb.me/store-en Thanks!

App crashes when doing chat history restore

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.

Hi,
Thanks for taking the time to let us know. We're actively investigating this issue and collecting information from people who are experiencing it. Would you mind sharing more details? You can do so here: https://vb. me/store-en

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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.

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;
  • 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;
  • 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).

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

In order to replenish 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.
  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, it is possible to use various additional bonuses.

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

  • unlimited "1 month worldwide";
  • 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 Web.

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.

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.

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.
Well, maybe that grandmother over there with a wallet 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.
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.

(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 for an example 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.

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 are not going anywhere, but for their further use it will be necessary to perform a number of actions.

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.
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.
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.

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.

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 , 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.

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, landline $0.099 per minute
India : call to mobile and landline $0.

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