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Viber · 20-02-2012 07:03PM

Hi all,
I'm excited to announce the Viber 2.1.3 is finally available for download on Market.
First and foremost, this new version is compatible with ICS (Android 4) - so the long anticipation is finally over

In addition, the new version contains bug fixes and small new features for your convenience.

Please try it out and let us know if you encounter any special problems.

Best regards,
the Viber Team

Viber · 20-02-2012 07:03PM

Hi all,
I'm excited to announce the Viber 2.1.3 is finally available for download on Market.
First and foremost, this new version is compatible with ICS (Android 4) - so the long anticipation is finally over

In addition, the new version contains bug fixes and small new features for your convenience.

Please try it out and let us know if you encounter any special problems.

Best regards,
the Viber Team

JTMan · 20-02-2012 07:05PM

Viber wrote: »

Hi all,
I'm excited to announce the Viber 2.1.3 is finally available for download on Market.
First and foremost, this new version is compatible with ICS (Android 4) - so the long anticipation is finally over

In addition, the new version contains bug fixes and small new features for your convenience.

Please try it out and let us know if you encounter any special problems.

Best regards,
the Viber Team

Excellent. Great news. Just about to download it

Goog to see that you are now supporting ICS.

bilalp · 20-02-2012 07:10PM

Viber wrote: »

Hi all,
I'm excited to announce the Viber 2.1.3 is finally available for download on Market.
First and foremost, this new version is compatible with ICS (Android 4) - so the long anticipation is finally over

In addition, the new version contains bug fixes and small new features for your convenience.

Please try it out and let us know if you encounter any special problems.

Best regards,
the Viber Team

While I am pleased I did think that you would update the ui somehow and try to follow the ics design guidelines, at least let us slide between the panes like other ics Apps. I mean with how long it took I'm quite surprised that it does look almost exactly the same.... Well anyway its a free app so I can't really complain. Thanks for the ics support!

Viber · 20-02-2012 07:55PM

We must admit that the GUI wasn't in our minds as a first priority. As I explained previously in this thread, ICS holds many profound changes, in addition to the new cool graphic designs, and that was mainly what caused the delay.

We plan to improve Viber's UI altogether in the future, but we still don't know when that will happen

von Smallhausen · 21-02-2012 01:17AM

Viber wrote: »

Hi all,
I'm excited to announce the Viber 2.1.3 is finally available for download on Market.
First and foremost, this new version is compatible with ICS (Android 4) - so the long anticipation is finally over

In addition, the new version contains bug fixes and small new features for your convenience.

Please try it out and let us know if you encounter any special problems.

Best regards,
the Viber Team

Thats brilliant, I can now finally make the jump to the long awaited ICS

:D

htcocacola · 21-02-2012 01:39AM

great news

The_B_Man · 21-02-2012 02:31AM

@Viber

In "Settings" there's an option that says "Facebook Connect". What does that actually do? Post a status every time I make a call or what?

evolutionqy7 · 21-02-2012 09:57AM

The_B_Man wrote: »

@Viber

In "Settings" there's an option that says "Facebook Connect". What does that actually do? Post a status every time I make a call or what?

Contacts?

Viber · 21-02-2012 10:18AM

The_B_Man wrote: »

@Viber

In "Settings" there's an option that says "Facebook Connect". What does that actually do? Post a status every time I make a call or what?

It connects your Viber with Facebook, mainly for posting photos you receive on your Wall, for example.
In the future we will expand this feature and allow to share more things that are happening inside Viber on your Facebook (all is optional, of course).

harpstilidie · 21-02-2012 03:47PM

I re-downloaded Viber there and now everytime I try to call someone a few seconds into the call my phone freezes completely and have to remove the battery to use it again.

Any ideas why this could be? Running 2.2.

Viber · 21-02-2012 04:36PM

@harpstilidie -
What device are you using?

harpstilidie · 21-02-2012 05:02PM

Viber wrote: »

@harpstilidie -
What device are you using?

ZTE Blade/Orange San Fran. Had no issues before. Could it be down to lack of memory or anything?

Viber · 21-02-2012 05:09PM

harpstilidie wrote: »

ZTE Blade/Orange San Fran. Had no issues before. Could it be down to lack of memory or anything?

Very possibly.

Please note that Viber does not officially support ZTE Blade yet, and that may be the reason for the problems you are experiencing. Here is the full list of officially supported devices: http://bit.ly/rqbZEw

We are continuously working to adapt Viber to more and more devices, and we hope to attend to the problems with your device soon. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Zascar · 21-02-2012 05:11PM

Viber, remember some months ago you released this snippet of a screenshot of what looked to be a Windows Application. The assumption was there would be a windows app like skype has. Is this the case - and what is the update on it? This would be a killer app - and if you had this you would crust WhatsApp - which is currently beating you in messaging.

Any update on this at all? I really wish these teasers were not released until you are actually close to having a product to release.

Viber · 21-02-2012 05:13PM

@Zascar -
Viber for Dekstop is still under development. We might have been too early to release the screenshot - the app is not close to release, but we've definitely made some significant progress since.

Once we have news, I will keep you posted.

Zascar · 21-02-2012 05:18PM

Ok great thanks - at least its confirmed you are working on a windows app

Any further info as to how it will work? I would just really love a desktop/mobile messaging app. Will it be this year yes?

Red Silurian · 21-02-2012 06:30PM

@Viber

Any chance there are plans to release a text-only app to android... Many android handsets are budget ones and therefore your current 8MB application takes up a lot of space.

Also as myself and harpstilidie are using technically unsupported phones (Wildfire and Blade) and while the voice option does not work so well the messaging (for me anyway) works flawlessely. This would make a "viber messaging only" app a convenient alternative.

I know I'm making a lot of assumptions but it's just an idea

Sledgejammer · 21-02-2012 11:47PM

Not that I want to try and advertise other products in the Viber thread, but would Whatsapp not be exactly what you're after?

Red Silurian · 22-02-2012 12:18AM

Sledgejammer wrote: »

Not that I want to try and advertise other products in the Viber thread, but would Whatsapp not be exactly what you're after?

It would be but some of my friends use whatsapp and some viber... I've a feeling most of the whatsapp ones will move to viber as well in the next few months when their "12 month free trial" ends...

I know I wont be using WhatsApp on my phone in a few months time when I'm asked to pay lol

Viber · 22-02-2012 09:26AM

colmtheperson wrote: »

@Viber

Any chance there are plans to release a text-only app to android... Many android handsets are budget ones and therefore your current 8MB application takes up a lot of space.

Also as myself and harpstilidie are using technically unsupported phones (Wildfire and Blade) and while the voice option does not work so well the messaging (for me anyway) works flawlessely. This would make a "viber messaging only" app a convenient alternative.

I know I'm making a lot of assumptions but it's just an idea

This suggestion has been raised in the past, and today we are considering adding an option that disables calling inside Viber, however this would also require a whole new mechanism that also alerts the other side of this issue, and so it is a little complex. If we end up deciding adding this option, I will let you know.

However, in the meanwhile, you can simply decline incoming calls

Redsoxfan · 24-02-2012 12:13AM

Any known issues with Viber lately?

I was getting a force close error earlier this evening and am still getting it after an upgrade and reboot.

Galaxy S running stock 2.3

CricketDude · 24-02-2012 08:31PM

I have an iphone 4 that password locks when im not using it.
If someone calls me on viber and i slide to unlock then it doesnt go to viber.
I have to enter the passcode So I miss the call.

Red Silurian · 24-02-2012 10:14PM

CricketDude wrote: »

I have an iphone 4 that password locks when im not using it.
If someone calls me on viber and i slide to unlock then it doesnt go to viber.
I have to enter the passcode So I miss the call.

How did you get Android on your iPhone?

CricketDude · 24-02-2012 11:22PM

colmtheperson wrote: »

How did you get Android on your iPhone?

oops. wrong thread

Viber · 25-02-2012 01:49PM

@Redsoxfan -
Have you made sure to update Viber to the latest version from Market?
There was a problem for version 2.1.3 users that should be fixed on 2.1.4. Unfortunately, sometimes it might require uninstall + reinstall

@CricketDude -
Since Viber is a 3rd-party app (not the phone's native calling app), iPhone restrictions obligate the user to manually unlock the phone upon an even of such app. That's why Viber doesn't behave like your regular phone app. Not much we can do to help $:\$

CricketDude · 25-02-2012 08:38PM

Viber wrote: »

@CricketDude -
Since Viber is a 3rd-party app (not the phone's native calling app), iPhone restrictions obligate the user to manually unlock the phone upon an even of such app. That's why Viber doesn't behave like your regular phone app. Not much we can do to help $:\$

Why not handle the notification of a call more gracefully.
Try a few other apps that notify you of calls to see how its done.

donspeekinglesh · 25-02-2012 10:54PM

I've noticed notifications don't automatically clear any more. In the past xing out of the popup, or replying to the message would clear the status bar notification, and widget.

Redsoxfan · 26-02-2012 12:44PM

Viber wrote: »

@Redsoxfan -
Have you made sure to update Viber to the latest version from Market?
There was a problem for version 2.1.3 users that should be fixed on 2.1.4. Unfortunately, sometimes it might require uninstall + reinstall

The un-install and re-install seems to have done the trick, cheers.

Viber · 28-02-2012 09:43AM

@donspeekinglesh -
That is a known issue that we hope to resolve soon. Sorry for the temporary inconvenience

@CricketDude -
I'm not quite sure I fully understand your meaning... you were talking about the fact that the iPhone needs to be manually unlocked in order to answer the call.. right?
If so, then as I explained, there is nothing we can do technologically (in the current versions of iOS) in order to "force" the phone to unlock itself upon a Viber call or an incoming text.

Viber

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