WeChat 17+
Calls, chats, and more
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Connecting a billion people with calls, chats, and more
WeChat is more than a messaging and social media app – it is a lifestyle for one billion users across the world. Chat and make calls with friends, read news and use local services in Official Accounts and Mini Programs, play games with friends, enjoy mobile payment features with WeChat Pay, and much more.
Why do one billion people use WeChat?
• MORE WAYS TO CHAT: Message friends using text, photo, voice, video, location sharing, and more. Create group chats with up to 500 members.
• VOICE & VIDEO CALLS: High-quality voice and video calls to anywhere in the world. Make group video calls with up to 9 people.
• REAL-TIME LOCATION: Not good at explaining directions? Share your real-time location with the tap of a button.
• MOMENTS: Never forget your favorite moments. Post photos, videos, and more to share with friends on your personal Moments stream.
• TIME CAPSULE (NEW!): Share glimpses of your day. Record short videos to post in your Time Capsule before they disappear in 24 hours.
• STICKER GALLERY: Browse thousands of fun, animated stickers to help express yourself in chats, including stickers with your favorite cartoon and movie characters.
• CUSTOM STICKERS (NEW!): Make chatting more unique with custom stickers and selfie stickers.
• OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS: Tons of accounts to follow with original content and news for your reading pleasure.
• MINI PROGRAMS: Countless third-party services all within the WeChat app that don’t require additional installation, saving you precious phone storage and time.
• TOP STORIES: See the latest articles your friends are reading and discover all kinds of interesting content.
• GAMES: Have fun and compete with friends in a huge selection of WeChat Mini Games and Tencent Games (available in select regions).
• WECHAT PAY: Enjoy the convenience of world-leading mobile payment features with WeChat Pay and Wallet (available in select regions).
• WECHAT OUT: Make calls to mobile phones and landlines around the globe at super low rates (only available in select regions).
• WERUN: Use Healthkit and Health app data to sync your step count on WeRun, where you can compete against friends with daily step rankings. Enable WeRun in “Settings” > “General” > “Plug-ins”.
• LANGUAGE SUPPORT: Localized in 20 different languages and can translate friends' messages and Moments posts.
• BETTER PRIVACY: Giving you the highest level of control over your privacy, WeChat is the only messaging app to be certified by TRUSTe.
• EASY MODE: Clearer and larger text and buttons for better readability.
What’s New
Version 8.0.49
What's New:
- Bug fixes and improvements.
Ratings and Reviews
Fine but connection problem
It was fine, however there are times that the app says the connection is poor, even if my other social media apps are working fine. When my friend’s message on WeChat popped up on my notification bar, I immediately opened the app, but it says “connection problem” so I can’t see new messages
Unwelcoming to non Chinese users and terrible customer service
When using the app as a non Chinese citizen, it works just fine, you can verify your identity use it’s banking features etc. But when you need some help, it takes days if at all to get a response, and in the case of losing access to your account, you need a Chinese citizen ID to recover the account, something that non Chinese do not have. Not to mention just the simple act of logging your account in a different country, even if that country is your own home country, is actually a bannable offense.
Tencent, please for the love of god improve your customer service for non Chinese users, otherwise why even bother tapping into the international market.
P.S. I still can’t log into my account after multiple pleas to customer support. Even when telling them I am a foreigner they still respond with “please use your Chinese citizen ID to verify your identity to unban this account”.
Lack of privacy, phone number requirements, too much personal data collection
During the start of the pandemic, my account got blocked several times just for posting anything related to the Wuhan outbreak. When you use this app for work and payment, this app is exercising bad faith by doing these arbitrary blocking without even explaining why. This app is China govt supported and controlled under Tencent, so expect extreme personal data collection, invasion of privacy and monitoring of all posts for anything against “harmony” or euphemism for obedience and silence. Phone number requirements means any post can be traced back to you. So be careful with your posts and messages due to extreme monitoring.
App Privacy
The developer, WeChat, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Purchases
- Financial Info
- Location
- Contact Info
- Contacts
- User Content
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Size
- 717.7 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 6.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 17+ Frequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2011 - 2024 Tencent Inc. All Rights Reserved
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- 9086 WeBeans ₱ 9,990.00
- 42 WeBeans ₱ 49.00
- 3626 WeBeans ₱ 3,990.00
- 896 WeBeans ₱ 999.00
- 126 WeBeans ₱ 179.00
- 350 WeBeans ₱ 399.00
- Cat's Melody ₱ 49.00
- Molang ₱ 49.00
- Onigiri&Friends ₱ 49.00
- Winnie the Pooh ₱ 49.00
Supports
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Wallet
Get all of your passes, tickets, cards, and more in one place.
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Siri
Get things done within this app using just your voice.