WeChat

Connecting over a billion people with calls, chats, and more

WeChat

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By: WeChat International

Users: 412,352,277

357.03K

Rating: 2.91

(6,227,460)

666 new ratings

Version: 8.0.51 (Last updated: 2024-10-14)

Creation date: 2011-01-30

Email: su*****@help.wechat.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Device & app history: retrieve running apps

Contacts: read your contacts

Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)

Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Camera: take pictures and videos

Microphone: record audio

Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections

Other:

download files without notification
interact across users
read Home settings and shortcuts
receive data from Internet
view network connections
pair with Bluetooth devices
access Bluetooth settings
send sticky broadcast
change network connectivity
allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception
connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
measure app storage space
full network access
change your audio settings
control Near Field Communication
run at startup
draw over other apps
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping
install shortcuts
uninstall shortcuts
Google Play license check
read Google service configuration

Ranking

# 293

Other rankings

#173 in Communication (Gross) ▲ 5

#5 in line keyword 87 ▲ 4

#7 in whatsapp keyword 96 ▼ 2

#10 in make it shorter keyword 85 ▼ 1

#12 in chat keyword 92 ▲ 2

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wechat (v1.0.0)

3.46

(120) 10,000

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App summary

Analyze keywords

WeChat is more than a messaging and social media app – it is a lifestyle for over one billion users across the world. Chat and make calls with friends, share your life's favorite Moments, enjoy mobile payment features, and much more.

Why do over 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.
- MOMENTS: Share your favorite moments. Post photos, videos, and more to your Moments stream.
- STATUS: post your status to capture your mood and share an ephemeral experience with friends
- 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: Make chatting more unique with custom stickers and Selfie Stickers feature.
- REAL-TIME LOCATION: Not good at explaining directions? Share your real-time location with the press of a button.
-PAY: Enjoy the convenience of world-leading mobile payment features with Pay and Wallet (*only available in certain regions).
- WECHAT OUT: Make calls to mobile phones and landlines around the globe at super low rates (*only available in certain regions).
- LANGUAGE SUPPORT: Localized in 18 different languages and can translate friends’ messages and Moments posts.
- BETTER PRIVACY: Giving you the highest level of control over your privacy, WeChat is certified by TRUSTe.
- EXPAND YOUR WORLD WITH WEIXIN SERVICES: Activate Channels, Official Accounts, Mini Programs, and other features offered via WeChat's sister service, Weixin.
- AND MUCH MORE...

User reviews

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Pros

Great for communicating with friends in China
Wide range of functionalities, similar to social media apps
Good video calling capabilities
Cute and free stickers available

Cons

Awful signup and login experience
Frequent security issues leading to account blocking
High storage usage compared to other messaging apps
Phantom notifications and notification management issues
Frustrating account reactivation process

Most mentioned

Account security and login issues
High storage consumption
Communication capabilities
User interface issues on Android
Phantom notifications

User reviews

Chinese here, just wanna clarify a bit. Yes WeChat has awful signup and login experience, but in some sense it's a feature rather than a bug. In China it's not only a messaging app but also the primary payment method which means login/signup security matter a lot. Most people use it at least once per day and just stay logged once registered. In general it's not Tencent's fault to design it this way, but it is their fault to publish such a thing to Google Play without any adaptations.

Trent Fellbootman, 2024-10-04

I only use this to contact friends in China, and it works great. I have found no issues with the app. However, my one problem is trying to unrestrict my account. It requires you to contact a friend and have them verify you which can be annoying and I wish there was a feature where you can verify yourself without friends or just individually. Good app nonetheless

Kevin Casarez, 2024-08-19

This app is great and has a lot of functionality. But some of it is not implemented very well on android. For example, posting a picture on the time capsule using an android phone means the picture will immediately be converted to a video in which all that is happening is just zooming further and further into the picture. Making it quite unpleasant. Please fix this. I don't want my pictures to zoom and zoom