Viber

Viber, the popular app of chat and video calls, is also available now for Windows 8.1.

Viber is considered by a lot of users as the best alternative to Skype, and its more than 200 million users recommend its strong points when chatting by text, call and send messages with pictures and video all over the world.

The experience with this application for Windows 8 is similar to the experience that this program offers to the rest of the devices and it has been tried that the design was modern and so it does not affect to any of its characteristics and neither to the synchronization with the rest of the devices.

This app for desktop of Windows 8.1 needs the phone number with which you registered in this application for mobile devices (Yes, it is necessary). The app gets fully synchronized with the list of contacts that you have and it shows automatically who of your friends uses Viber.

With this program, you will be able to make call with high quality of audio and video, no matter if it is with just a single person or with a group up to 40 people. You will also be able to send smileys and stickers in your text messages, as well as send and share pictures, videos, links, etc.    

Viber shows the notifications in its Live Tile for Windows 8.1, and it can share screen with other apps thanks to the snap multi-function. At the same time, the Charm bar of Windows 8.1 will also show the options to share of this program.

If you want a complete program to make video calls and send messages that is an alternative to the quality of Skype, with this application you have found the right option.