Xiaomi smartphone owners now have a unique opportunity to turn off analytics on Viber Messenger. It is no secret that Messenger collects your personal data, which includes extra traffic and battery costs. We will show you how to disable the unwanted feature.

To get started on Viber, you need to select “Advanced” or “More”. In the “Settings” section you will find the “Privacy” section. Next, select “Personal Data” and uncheck several items at once: collect analytics, personalize content, and advertise based on links.

If we’re talking about content personalization, you can enable this item if you want ads on Viber based on your interests. Link-based advertising aims to analyze your questions on the Internet and your Viber conversations with your interlocutors.

To avoid overloading the smartphone regardless of model, you should turn off automatic protection of media files on Viber. To do this, you need to find “Data and Multimedia” in Settings and turn off “Store to Gallery”. You can now save only the photos and videos you want to your smartphone. Moreover, new functionality was provided Sorting files in chats, It’s not as necessary as before.

It was reported earlier How to save all correspondence on Viber after changing phone number.