Make Voice and Video Calls From Your Desktop
Call your friends, family, and colleagues for free from your desktop using Viber!
Want to call more than one person at the same time? Start a group call.
Notes
If your contact doesn’t have Viber, you can call them using Viber Out or tell them to download Viber!
How to make a call
- Open Viber on your Desktop
- Click on Compose
- Hover your mouse cursor over the contact you want to call
- Click on either the Audio
or Video
call button
OR
- Open Viber on your Desktop
- In the Chats menu, select the person you want to call or find them by their name in the Search bar
- Click on either the Audio
Change self-view screen size and position
If your camera is on, you will see a video of yourself during the call. Although you can’t hide self-view, you can change the screen size by clicking and dragging the corners.
To reposition the screen, click on and drag your video to another place.
Share your screen
You can choose between sharing your entire screen, or just a specific application.
To share your screen:
- Click on Share Screen on the control panel
- Click on Entire Screen or Specific application
- If you clicked on Specific application, choose the application you want from the list
- Click on Share
To stop sharing, click the now green Share Screen button.
Add more participants to the call
To add another person(s) to your call:
- Click on the person(s) in your contact list you want to add to the call
- Drag the person(s) into the call screen and release
- Repeat with up to 18 people if desired (20 people in total)
OR
- Click on Participants
in the control panel (the information bar will open on the right and your contact list will be displayed)
- Click Add and select up to 38 more people to join your call (40 people in total)
- Finish by clicking Add to call
Notes
For more information on group calls, take a look at the dedicated group call article.
Transfer your call to another device
You can transfer the call to another device such as a phone, tablet, or desktop, that has Viber installed:
- Click on Menu
in the control panel
- Select Transfer Call
Your other devices will start ringing; once you pick up the call your current desktop call will hang up.
Discover the control panel
The control panel will be available throughout the call at the bottom of your screen.
Key
More options
The control panel menu
Click on Menu to find the following options:
Enable Blur: blurs your background for this call. Click the option again to remove blur. (Only available on Mac.)
Transfer Call: transfers the call to another device.
Call Settings: test and adjust your microphone and camera settings.
Help: brings you to this article.