Viber introduces Secret Messages
Messaging platform Viber introduced a new feature called Secret Messages. It allows you to set a self-destruct timer for your messages.
It works pretty simple - you take a photo and if you think it shouldn’t stay forever, you tap on the clock and decide how many seconds should the picture be alive. It sounds a lot like Snapchat - once the other person sees the picture, it’s gone forever. There’s no backsies or several previews like in Instagram Stories or Messenger’s My Day.
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When you post the picture at first it’s blurry to you and the other side and when it’s opened and previewed - it’s gone from the other’s person chat and you see just a trace of the image. Viber says it “lets you decide what should and shouldn’t be a permanent part of your conversation history”.
Another feature that Viber got is Instant video messages - just tap and hold the instant video icon to capture the moment with 30-second videos and when you release the button, the video is on its way.
The update is already available on Google Play and App Store.
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Reader comments
- Optimist Prime
- 06 Feb 2017
- a0W
It's like you're sending a kind of snapshot to your chat. Truly brilliant, I've never seen this feature in an application before. /sarcasm
- Nymp
- 03 Feb 2017
- P@Y
cant save some nudes this is bad idea.