Viber’s worldwide base is reckoned at 200 million registered users. The Viber Out feature is free in the Philippines and the company has made it so that non-Viber users outside of the Philippines can call local Viber-using residents. Credit can be topped up in $0.99, $4.99, $9.99 and $24.99 increments via in-app purchase.įollowing #Haiyan, we are allowing Philippine users to call regular numbers for free. Like Skype Out, Viber Out lets you call any landline or cell phone number for a small fee. Lat but not least, the company has also rushed out a new Viber Out feature to help in the relief effort in the Philippines. This way, the average response time to a 15 second message is 4-6 seconds, rather than 45-60 seconds. Typically, Push To Talk is a four-step process - record, send, download, play. This is the first time Viber toyed with the idea of paid stickers and hopefully this will generate a nice new income stream for them.Īs for push-to-talk voice messaging, Viber says its solution differs from others by drastically shortening the time spent waiting between voice messages.Īs opposed to up to 60 seconds spent waiting for an average 15-second voice message, Viber’s technology compresses the recording, sending and playing to about four to six seconds. In addition to paid stickers, users can still download one of the 50 free stickers to get themselves up to speed. The revenue split was not known at post time. They have about a thousand stickers ready that will gradually make it into the market, with more coming over time. The new Sticker Market opened with more than 300 stickers, each costing a cool $1.99. The full breakdown follows after the break…įirst things first: check out the new app icon. What’s really interesting is that Sticker Market allows Viber users to put their own creations on sale and make a profit when others buy their work from the palm of their hand. Viber today released a brand new version of its iOS and Android application which now includes the Viber Sticker Market, the new background gallery, the ability to send push-to-talk voice messages, forward messages, add more participants to group conversations than ever before and additional tweaks.
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