WeChat

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

WeChat: Connect with Friends Worldwide

"WeChat" is a comprehensive messaging and social media platform that connects over one billion users globally, offering features like text, voice, and video calls, Moments sharing, mobile payments, and more. With customizable stickers, privacy controls, and support for multiple languages, WeChat enhances communication and provides a lifestyle experience for users across the world.
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App stats

Version: 8.0.54 (Last updated: 2025-01-27)
Version code: 2741
Creation date: 2011-01-30
Permissions:
  • android.bluetooth.permissions.SHORTCUT_ACTION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY
  • android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
  • android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION
  • android.permission.BLUETOOTH
  • android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
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Size: 476.38M

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App summary

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

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well for communication with friends and family in China
  • Has a wide range of functionalities including messaging, payments, and translations
  • Regular updates and overall stable performance
  • Offers cute and free stickers for enhanced communication
  • Provides good video and voice calling capabilities.
Cons
  • Frustrating and convoluted signup and verification process
  • High volume of storage usage, often requiring significant space on devices
  • Frequent issues with account security and being locked out
  • Inconsistent message notifications and delays in receiving messages
  • Bugs and glitches, including crashing and random opening of the app.
Most mentioned
  • Complicated and frustrating signup/login experience
  • High storage usage and space requirements
  • Frequent account security issues leading to locks and verification needs
  • Communication issues with messages not sending or displaying correctly
  • Random notifications and background app use that affects device performance.
User reviews
by Anonymous, Invalid Date

Absolute garbage of an app. It's slow and the UI looks like 10 years ago. Some messages don't go through and most of the features are broken. The confimation code texts and calls never arrive. Recovering account is impossibly difficult. If Chinese peopel didn't worship this app, I would never use it and don't understand how unbelievably broken it is.
by Steve A., 2025-01-08

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.
by Trent Fellbootman, 2024-10-04
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