What do you know about WeChat?

WeChat is one of the world’s most popular social media messaging apps, and is similar to WhatsApp. WeChat supports video, voice, and text chat and has unique features like localized translation. To sign up for WeChat, an existing user will need to scan a QR code on your phone.

What is the importance of WeChat?

Today, WeChat (Chinese social media) is the most useful app in Chinese virtual and digital communication landscape. It provides Chinese users seamless connection to one-stop cybernetic space equipped with all sorts of meaningful utilities of life. It’s a medium to interact, exchange and share among Chinese netizens.

What is WeChat and is it safe?

The app doesn’t provide anything that might look like some kind of protection. It lacks end-to-end encryption and has many security holes. Apart from that, it is used by the Chinese authorities for the purpose of censorship and mass surveillance on a global scale. So, by all means, it isn’t safe.

Who uses WeChat the most?

China
With over 1 billion active users, WeChat probably accounts for around 10-15\% of the social media market. But in China, WeChat is likely the most used social platform, and accounts for 34\% of China’s total data traffic [Source: Walk the Chat].

Does WeChat charge money?

WeChat is free to download, install, sign up for, and use as a messaging app and communication platform. Sending instant messages, images, voice calls, voice recordings, video calls, and some additional information is all free, no matter how long you talk, or how frequently you are using the WeChat app.

How much time does the average user spend on WeChat?

The average user spends 66 minutes a day on WeChat. 6.1 billion voice messages get sent daily. 205 million video messages are sent every day. Over 200 million bank cards used in China are linked to the WeChat Pay side of the app.

What is the meaning of “WeChat”?

WeChat, which is owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent, has more than a billion monthly users, just behind Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger. But it offers so much more than messaging, allowing its users to do everything from payments to the ability to book flights and hotels.

What are WeChat mini-programs?

One key feature it has is called “mini-programs” which are apps within WeChat. A WeChat messaging app logo is seen on an smartphone. WeChat is China’s most popular messaging app with a monthly user base of more than 1 billion people. But it’s unlikely that you would have used it if you live outside China.

How do I pay with WeChat Pay?

There are two ways to pay for something via the app. Firstly, the store can scan your unique WeChat barcode, which looks like the image below. An image of WeChat Pay in action.