

The group settings on BlackBerry can be accessed by tapping Group at the top of the screen and gives you the same settings for iPhone and Android. Finally, simply type your message and hit Send. Like Android, BlackBerry can handle up to 40 participants in one group. Secondly, select the contacts you want to add to the group chat. Access the Menu and tap on the Compose option. You can also delete your group or leave the group chat through this menu. Finally, you can modify group settings (group name, notifications settings, background image, participants, etc.) with a tap on Conversation Info or the Gear icon. Please note that on Android devices, you can add up to 40 contacts to a group chat, while iPhone can handle 15. Then tap on the contacts you wish to add to the conversation and click Done. First, go to the Messages tab and tap on the Compose button. It’s becoming a standard feature across multiple applications, including Viber, which currently offers the feature on Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices.įor Android and iPhone, the feature can be initiated pretty much the same way. If you want to save a conversation you would have to do so manually, which mitigates risks.Group chat is a great way to share a room with all your family and friends in one go. Keeping the Auto Backup option off is then the safest option. It might also be possible for law enforcement to access it which is not the case with the conversation on your phone. This setting is a potential threat to your privacy as anyone that would potentially get access to your Apple, Google or Huaweii account, could also access all of your conversations. Viber offers the possibility of backing up your chat history using cloud services (Google Drive, iCloud or Huaweii Drive) so that you can restore your session to how it was at the time of the backup, if using a new device. This also means that if you lose or change the device you are using, all your messages will be lost. Viber is end to end encrypted, which means that messages are only acessible by both the sender and the receiver, not being stored anywhere along the way.
