Last month, Rakuten (JSD:4755) acquired Viber messaging app in a $900 million deal as the Japanese ecommerce titan tries to diversify and be more social. Today, Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani spoke out ...

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten announced its purchase of messaging app Viber for $900 million earlier today. Based in Cyprus, Viber is used by 200 million people worldwide to make free phone calls ...

Rakuten Viber and OpenAI Partner to Bring ChatGPT Directly into Messaging SAN MATEO, Calif. and LONDON, July 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rakuten Viber is bringing ChatGPT directly to your fingertips.

Viber is one of the most downloaded apps in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. It is available to download for Windows PCs from Microsoft Store. Viber lets you make free calls and free ...

Mere days after the Skype announced plans to integrate video calling with the Outlook.com web service, Viber has delivered a counterpunch with a new desktop app that lets you make free calls from Mac ...

Instant-messaging app Viber may not be as widely used as it once was, but the company has made it a mission in the new year to change that. It announced Viber 10, a redesign of the Viber app that’s ...

Messaging app Rakuten Viber has entered the eSIM market in the Philippines, offering Filipinos roaming services whenever they ...

The Rakuten Viber chat app brought its $2-per-month premium subscription service to the US on Thursday, which provides exclusive features and ad-free access to the chat app. Viber Plus, which launched ...

Viber, the chat and messaging app acquired by Japanese ecommerce titan Rakuten for $900 million five years ago, is introducing a new subscription service that lets users pay to have a local phone ...

You can create up to five custom folders for friend groups, family or any other category that feels right. Rakuten’s Viber chat app is adding folder support to let you organize contacts beyond just ...

Viber, the messaging app owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, has long been dancing around the area of fintech, launching services like money transfer and chatbot payments in various countries ...

Last month, WhatsApp, the hugely popular messaging service that Facebook owns, made end-to-end encryption the default for its 1 billion users. On Tuesday, Viber said it will do the same for the 700 ...