Viber creates Public Chats to talk to celebrities
The application of messaging, internet calls and even also video calls is premiere. And it is that the rhythm of Viber seems to be increasing since it was acquired by the Asian shopping giant , the familiar Rakuten Now introduce the Public Chats, a new feature to achieve more user attraction thanks to the presence of public figures, celebrities and other personalities from the world of music, sports and trendswith which you can chat directly.
This is how the Public Chats on Viber are presented A new function that seeks to open this application in the direction of social networks And it is that it bears certain similarities with Twitter, although marking the differences well. And it is that the Public Chats is not a completely open channel as is the social network of the 140 characters It acts as a form of more independent forum, focusing on communicating directly and face to facewith famous users.
Its operation is simple, although it must be taken into account that for the moment the service is in beta or testing phase, allowing only to a small number of users create these public conversations to polish any details before releasing it to the public.Simply click on the Public Chat section and select the compass icon to find all suggestion class. And the thing is that there are many ongoing conversations where you can debate or stay up-to-date on the issues being discussed among the different users. All of them susceptible to be followed by the user to receive notifications about their news and not lose track of any of them.
However, the icing on the cake is that many of those conversations are starting to be run by celebrities or public personalities A measure for which those responsible for Viber have not indicated whether they are paying, although they presumably take some advantage to some of the familiar faces of music and trends deciding to appear and run their own Public Chats
People like Pérez Hilton, Tyler Oakley, Paul Van Dyck, Anastacia, Pixie Lott or Copa90 among others have their ownPublic ChatsThus, the user only has to start following them to see what the conversation is about along with other users, as well as being able to start a conversation directly with them Always with the possibility to invite other contacts to join.
A function that also has a lot of potential commercial And that is that brands can create their own Chats Public where to carry out all kinds of actions advertising or simply a means of direct contact with users. Of course, those responsible for Viber seem to give carte blanche to what brands, celebrities and successful usersDo your own chats.
In short, a new function very social and with a certain appeal However, it is still early to say if it will be successful, being necessary to ask for permission to start new Public Chats, and needing even more time for it to become known and used. In any case, users who want to start following any of these Public Chats can now download the new version of Viber forAndroid It will also be progressive to other platforms. It is available on Google Play, App Store and Windows Phone Store fully free
