In January 2018, Wechat announced a record of 580,000 mini-programs in its feature.
Recently, Wechat Games have received huge popularity, with its "Jump Jump" game attracting 400 million players in less than 3 days and attaining 100 million daily active users in just two weeks after its launch, as of January 2018.
We Chat supports different instant messaging methods, including text message, voice message, walkie talkie and stickers.
Users can send previously saved or live pictures and videos, namecards of other users, coupons, lucky money packages, or current GPS locations with friends either individually or in a group chat.
In China, users who have provided bank account information may use the app to pay bills, order goods and services, transfer money to other users, and pay in stores if the stores have We Chat payment option.
Vetted third parties, known as "official accounts", offer these services by developing lightweight "apps within the app".
Once users as individuals or organizations set up a type of account, they cannot change it to another type.The friends of the user will only be able to see the likes and comments from other users only if they are in mutual friends group.For example, friends from high school are not able to see the comments and likes from friends from university.; literally: "micro-message") is a Chinese multi-purpose social media mobile application software developed by Tencent.It was first released in 2011, and by 2017 it was one of the largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, Wechat is known for its Mini Programs feature which incorporates many different functions and programs developed from Tencent and independent developers, and has been consistently updated.