Got a pile of unread Viber messages? You can now catch up without scrolling through every conversation.
Rakuten Viber is rolling out Unread Recap, a new ChatGPT-powered feature that summarizes unread chats so you can quickly see what you missed. Instead of working your way through busy group chats and conversations, you can read a short recap and decide what to do next.
Once you’ve caught up, Viber lets you mark the conversation as read, keep it for later, or jump directly into the chat. This could be particularly useful for users who regularly return to dozens of unread messages—Viber says nearly a third of its users have 20 or more unread messages on any given day.
Privacy is built into the feature, according to Rakuten Viber. When generating a recap, ChatGPT only receives the unread messages and participants’ names needed to create the summary, rather than the rest of the conversation.
To activate Unread Recap, make sure you have the latest version of the Viber mobile app. Then, go to More (three dots) > Settings > Calls and Messages and turn on the AI chat summaries toggle.
