Wechat is a free application launched by Tencent on 201110, which provides instant messaging service for intelligent terminals. It was created by the product team of Tencent Guangzhou R&D Center led by Zhang Xiaolong.

Wechat supports fast sending of free voice messages, videos, pictures and texts across communication operators and operating system platforms. At the same time, you can also use service plug-ins such as "shake", "circle of friends", "public platform" and "voice notepad" to enjoy streaming media content through * *.

Development history

Wechat was planned and launched by Shenzhen Tencent Holdings Co., Ltd. from 20 10 to 10, and was created by the product team of Tencent Guangzhou R&D Center. The team led by team manager Zhang Xiaolong has successfully developed Internet projects such as Foxmail and QQ mailbox. Ma, president of Tencent, confirmed the name of this product as "WeChat" in the email of product planning.

20 1 1 year

2011117 A cultural communication limited liability company in Beijing applied for registration of the WeChat trademark. Tencent's WeChat trademark was registered at 201110, only one week late.

On 20 1 1 year 1 month 2 1 day, wechat released a beta version of 1.0 for iPhone users. This version supports importing existing contact information through QQ number, but only has simple functions such as instant messaging, sharing photos and changing avatars.

In the following three beta versions (1. 1, 1.2 and 1.3), WeChat gradually increased the reading of mobile phone address book, the intercommunication with Tencent Weibo private messages and the support of multi-person dialogue function. By the end of 20 1 1 April, Tencent wechat had obtained four or five million registered users.