Part of the Rakuten family, Viber freely connects users around the world with the people that matter to them most. *1 Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, Giphy is a service that provides animated GIFs and The movie DB is a service that provides information and images of movies and television programs. Through the newly added Chat Extensions and Video Message functions, users will be able to enjoy a new chat experience. In addition to enabling users to share a variety of information and content such as messages, photographs, videos, location information and hand-written text, Viber Media has also been providing convenient functions and services such as hidden chats and a message deleting feature.
A video message of between one and 30 seconds in length can be recorded, and once the user has finished filming, they can share it on the chat screen. Users can film themselves by holding down the Send Message button to activate the front-facing camera. The Video Message function makes it possible to record and share video messages simply, as a new means of communication between users. There are plans to increase the number of services available with Chat Extensions, in addition to adding Japanese websites in the future. The user can then send this link on the chat screen. The user enters the word that he or she wants to look up after and the search result displays the relevant Wikipedia website link.
For example, a user wanting to know and share the meaning of a word during a chat enters an mark in the message space or clicks on the mark icon, and selects Wikipedia, a searchable website. Through Chat Extensions, it is possible to search for content on Wikipedia, Giphy and The movie DB *1, which are integrated with this function. This document is based on the abridged translation of a press release announced locally on December 20 (London time).ĭecem– Rakuten Group company Viber Media S.a.r.l today announced a major update of its Viber mobile messaging app, adding new Chat Extensions and Video Message functions.Ĭhat Extensions make it possible to search for content such as videos, images and articles easily on the chat screen in the Viber app, and share the content or links on the chat screen, as they are.
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