The Viber app makes good use of many Windows 8-unique features: live tiles, lock screen notifications, pinning specific conversations to the Start screen, the search and share charms. But the permission granting isn't done: you next have to agree to let Viber run in the background. The installation process sends a four-digit message to the phone, which you enter in to the Windows 8 app setup. A "Phone Number Verification" message bar appears, in which you can Edit or OK the entry. Once that's taken care of, you simply enter your phone number into the Windows 8 app. Since Windows 8.1 devices aren't phones, the only way to get going with the Viber app on this platform is to have a cellphone you've installed and activated Viber on. But Skype and the other mobile communication apps I've used can also find your local phone's contacts, so that's not much of a differentiator. On the plus side, the real phone-number approach does make account setup easy, and it means the app can find contacts on the phone. With Kik, Skype, or Facebook Messenger, you simply use your account username, avoiding those pitfalls. Read Our Kik Messenger (for Windows Phone) Review Viber apps are available for just about every mobile platform you can think of (and some you can't): iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Windows, Mac, Symbian, Nokia S40 and Bada. I tested on both a desktop PC and a Surface RT tablet. It works on both Windows 8.1 x86 and Windows RT ARM-based tablets. You get the free Viber app by downloading it from the Windows Store (Opens in a new window). Let's take the app for a spin and see how well Viber works at what it can do. It doesn't, however, replace Apple FaceTime or Skype's similar video capabilities. Giving you the same messaging system and ID on your phone, tablet, and PC means Viber is in effect a cross-platform version of iMessage, which is restricted to Apple devices. The Windows 8.1 Viber app (free) is its latest incarnation, having landed in the last month of 2013. Viber doesn't add a whole lot to the Skype model, actually lacking several of the bigger player's major features, but it's a well designed and economical way to send text messages and place VoIP calls. First there was email, then instant messaging, then Skype, then WhatsApp, then Facebook Messenger, and on and on.
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