Everyone is cloning Snap right now, but messaging app Viber has gone back to the old school by copying Snapchat’s core ephemeral messaging feature. Unlike..
Everyone is cloning Snap right now, but messaging app Viber has gone back to the old school by copying Snapchat’s core ephemeral messaging feature.
Unlike Facebook, which has thrown Snapchat’s 24-hour Story mode into all of its core mobile apps , Viber — which was acquired by Rakuten for just shy of $1 billion three years ago — has copied the original feature that helped Snapchat first make its name in messaging.
Today, Viber for iOS and Android got an update today which brings ‘Secret Chats’ to the service for the first time. Like Snapchat, Facebook, Telegram and many others before it, Viber now enables its users to set a timer for their messages after which they will self-destruct.
