How to send markdown or HTML message via Viber bot

Question

Is it possible to send formatted message from Viber Bot with Markdown or HTML tags?

If yes - then how? What attributes to specify?

Answer 1

Response from Viber Developer Support:

formatting text with our API is only possible for keyboard or rich media buttons, not for text messages.

Answer 2

Good news from future, add a character on both sides without space: bold with *, italic with _, wasted with ~, monospace with ```. But the formatted view is rendered only in the mobile version.