WhatsApp is not alone out there — rivals such as WeChat, Viber, Telegram, Messenger and a few others are constantly competing with each other to rise to the top in the messaging market. With WhatsApp being the most-used messenger around the world, others are constantly edging up against it with features that could draw in more users.
Viber currently has 800 million registered users and has established a strong network in certain parts of the Philippines, Myanmar, Latin America and North Africa.
WhatsApp recently announced the Status feature and with new information about bringing back the old text Status option back, WhatsApp is definitely making constant news around. However, in the race to the top, Viber recently announced that they have incorporated a new ‘Secret Chats’ feature that will self destruct automatically after some time.
This App is helpful when one wants to more privacy than the normal end-to-end encryption. Like the Snapchat have the option already that the messages are private and will escape after some time.
The Messages in a secret chat can’t be forwarded and screenshots are either totally unavailable or alerted to you by an instant notification in the chat screen. As always, your communications will continue to be protected by Viber’s end-to-end encryption.
With Secret Chats, you can set a self-destruct timer for every message in the conversation. Messages in a secret chat can’t be forwarded and screenshots are either totally unavailable or alerted to you by an instant notification in the chat screen.
Viber said in a blog post:
You can have two conversations going with the same person or group at the same time – one regular chat and one secret chat. You’ll know which one of them is secret by the lock badge on the chat icon. Starting a secret chat from an existing regular chat will not delete or replace the regular chat, it will just start a separate one.
Here is how this feature will work:
You can hide your secret chats and access them later with a PIN. Once you’ve created a secret chat, find it in your chat list, swipe left and select the hide icon. How’s that for control over your private conversations?
Viber currently has 800 million registered users and has established a strong network in certain parts of the Philippines, Myanmar, Latin America and North Africa.
WhatsApp recently announced the Status feature and with new information about bringing back the old text Status option back, WhatsApp is definitely making constant news around. However, in the race to the top, Viber recently announced that they have incorporated a new ‘Secret Chats’ feature that will self destruct automatically after some time.
This App is helpful when one wants to more privacy than the normal end-to-end encryption. Like the Snapchat have the option already that the messages are private and will escape after some time.
The Messages in a secret chat can’t be forwarded and screenshots are either totally unavailable or alerted to you by an instant notification in the chat screen. As always, your communications will continue to be protected by Viber’s end-to-end encryption.
With Secret Chats, you can set a self-destruct timer for every message in the conversation. Messages in a secret chat can’t be forwarded and screenshots are either totally unavailable or alerted to you by an instant notification in the chat screen.
Viber said in a blog post:
You can have two conversations going with the same person or group at the same time – one regular chat and one secret chat. You’ll know which one of them is secret by the lock badge on the chat icon. Starting a secret chat from an existing regular chat will not delete or replace the regular chat, it will just start a separate one.
Here is how this feature will work:
You can hide your secret chats and access them later with a PIN. Once you’ve created a secret chat, find it in your chat list, swipe left and select the hide icon. How’s that for control over your private conversations?
Viber Launches New ‘Secret Chats’ Feature
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