messaging, social media, and payment app developed by Tencent
WeChat is an instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. First released in 2011, it became the world's largest standalone mobile app in 2018 with over 1 billion monthly active users. WeChat has been described as China's "app for everything" and a super-app because of its wide range of functions. WeChat provides text messaging, hold-to-talk voice messaging, broadcast (one-to-many) messaging, video conferencing, video games, mobile payment, sharing of photographs and videos and location sharing. It has been described as having "an almost indispensable part of life in China".
WeChat’s social media accounts
Social
X (Twitter): @wechatapp
Instagram: @wechatapp
Facebook: @wechatapp
YouTube: WeChat
GitHub: @tencent-wechat
Web
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