![]() Friends can comment, like or favorite any ‘moment’ published by other friends. ✅ Moments: Similar to a Facebook timeline, WeChat Moments are status updates that include photos, videos and text that users share with their circle of friends on WeChat. ✅ Video and Voice Calling: 1:1 or group calling Customers and brands can also send/respond to messages. ✅ Instant Messaging: Similar to WhatsApp and Messenger, you have a list of conversations that you’re engaged in. Here’s a list that includes (but not limited to) some of WeChat’s services: It’s important to note that WeChat features differ depending on whether you’re using the China-based version (Weixin) or the overseas version (WeChat). In broad terms, WeChat encompasses the features of WhatsApp, Google, Facebook and Apple Pay all into one convenient platform without having to leave the app. It’s difficult to find a truly comprehensive list that encompasses everything you can do on WeChat. WeChat embraces the same self-reliant concept, providing solutions to all your needs within a single app. In many ways, WeChat is the ‘Apple’ of apps: iMessage, iTunes, Facetime, Apple Pay, Apple Maps, Safari - are all part of a closed ecosystem that operates independently. Instead of operating multiple apps on their own, WeChat has created a wrinkle-free ecosystem that allows users to have a ton of functionality at the tip of their fingertips without having to switch from app to app. WeChat is referred to as a super app because it offers a plethora of services that users can access all within the same platform. While there isn’t any specific data for WeChat users in Canada, it’s safe to assume that the vast majority of Chinese students, tourists and/or immigrants actively use WeChat in Canada as well. According to analytics provider App Annie, WeChat has 2.3 million weekly active users in the U.S. WeChat makes for an outstanding share of total mobile traffic in China, with some estimating 34% of traffic is generated from the app itself. In fact, WeChat is China’s first app to boast over 1 billion active users, one of only six apps in the world that have surpassed that milestone. WeChat is by far China’s largest communication and social service platform, used daily by a whopping 78% of people in China between 16-64 years old. According to Tencent’s May 2022 Corporate Overview, 35% of user’s time spent on apps in China is captured by apps owned by Tencent. ![]() According to their website, “Tencent publishes some of the world's most popular video games and other high-quality digital content, enriching interactive entertainment experiences for people around the globe.” It’s no wonder then that Tencent’s brainchild WeChat has such a massive reach in China. In China, Tencent is as widely known as companies like Amazon and Meta in the West, which makes sense considering its 1.2 billion WeChat users, the massively successful qq.com website portal and its very own Tencent music with 604 million monthly active users. While not a household name to many outside of China, Tencent is actually the world’s biggest games company, as well as one of the world’s most financially valuable companies with a market value of 545 Billion USD. WeChat’s parent company is Tencent, a world-leading internet and technology company founded in 1998 with its headquarters based in Shenzhen, China. For simplicity's sake, in this article we’ll be referring to ‘WeChat’ as a whole, including relative talking points for both versions. They don’t belong to the same system or servers but have a similar interface and share common functions. Weixin is the version used in China while WeChat is the version used overseas. A quick clarification: WeChat and Weixin are technically different versions of the same app. You can find a more comprehensive list of WeChat’s features below. Fast forward to the present day, this all-in-one super app is now used to buy groceries, hail a taxi, book movie tickets, read the news, pay utility bills, order delivery, play games and the list goes on. WeChat’s name (Weixin or 微信 in Chinese) is Mandarin for ‘micro-message’, which is an appropriate throw-back to this app’s humble beginnings as an instant messaging app in 2011. With over 1.28 billion monthly active users, WeChat has become an integrated part of everyday life in China. WeChat is China’s most popular powerhouse app.
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