Viber

To improve your Viber experience, increase functionality, increase productivity and to optimise your Viber experience, you can use the tricks and tips below.

• You can effortlessly block any unwanted users from contacting you by swiping right on the conversation, opening the chat menu, and navigating through the menu to the ‘Block’ option. To unblock, head to Settings > Privacy > Block list.

• Viber comes with an incredibly efficient Smart Notifications feature. That compresses your on-screen notifications. To activate, simply navigate to the conversation you would like to use the Smart notifications, swipe to the left and enable Smart Notifications.
• You can disable all types of notifications by clicking Viber > Settings > Notifications. Now you can proceed to check and uncheck all the various kinds of notifications. With all options unchecked, you will not receive any kind of notification.
• You can edit and draw on photos directly from the Viber app. Simply tap on any images or photos you have received through the application, tap the ‘Navicon’ button and select the ‘Doodle on this photo’ option. You will then gain access to pens, pencils, brushes, erasers and loads more in the Doodle Editor.
• To view the individual photos and other visual media that has been sent by a certain user on Viber, simply open the relevant conversation thread and swipe right. From here, click the ‘Media’ option and you will be presented with a gallery.
• By default, Viber will automatically create its own Wi-fi profile that will restrict your device from disconnecting from your Wi-fi network when the device goes to sleep. To customise this setting to your personal preference, simply click Settings > General > Wi-Fi policy.
• You can delete individual messages in a chat thread, rather than having to delete the entire conversation. Simply access the conversation and long-press the messages you want to delete and click ‘Delete’. You can also long-press multiple messages to manage them at the same time.
• By default, the Android version of Viber lights up the screen every time you receive a notification. To disable this feature, simply head to Settings > Notifications and disable the ‘Light Screen for Messages’ option.
• Viber has a status feature with enables users to know when their sent messages have been received and read. You can disable this status feature by clicking on the ‘Navicon’ option and clicking ‘Settings’. From here, click ‘Privacy’ and untick the Send Seen Status’.
• By default, Viber has an online status feature, allowing other users to know that you are online. To disable this feature, click the ‘Navicon’ and click ‘Settings’. Head to the ‘Privacy’ menu and untick ‘Share Online Status’.
• To increase the functionality of Viber by navigating quickly around conversations, enter any chat room of your choice and swipe to the right. You will be presented with a menu where you will find all active chat rooms where you can simply click to navigate to the desired chat room.