Viber Has Upgraded It App With A New Public Chat Feature That Enables Users To Watch Live Conversations Between Celebrities

Mobile messaging and voice over IP [VoIP] app viber launches a new feature that

allow users to get even closer to their Mentors,Companies and Celebrities and even be a part of their conversations online.

 Viber Media noticed that many app users are keeping tabs on their favorite celebrities from Twitter and Instagram to Facebook and other forms of media,that is why they are looking to introduce a new way to do that with its new Public Chat add-on, to allow users to get even closer to their “favorite personalities” and even be a part of their conversations online.
 

The Viber Public Chat can have up to 99 participants. Anyone that follows a Public Chat can see its messages, but not contribute to the Chat. “To become a participant, you must be added by a participant of that Chat. Communications can involve everything from basic text and photos, to videos, stickers and links. Popular chats will be organize to the main Public Chats page on Viber, and there will be a full search feature for users to check who is live chatting at any given moment. There is also no limit as to how many Public Chats a user can follow at once. While it in part sounds like just another way to serve up ads, Viber Media insists this “is just additional content on Viber. There will be no ads in in Public Chats.”

As for which celebrities will be involved, the company says it is “launching this concept with a great line-up of celebrities and personalities all over the world.” So far we have heard names like DJ Paul van Dyk, Perez Hilton, and YouTube stars like Tyler Oakley, among others.

By listening in on live chats between their favorite celebrities, Viber sees Public Chats as a way for users to get more involved than they ever have before. While it is hard to say how popular a feature like this can be (likely depending on the personalities that get involved), Public Chats clearly differentiates Viber in a crowded app category.

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