WeChat iOS 8.0.74 rolled out on May 28, and the changelog is exactly what you expect: “解决了一些已知问题.” That’s it. No new features, no UI tweaks, just bug fixes that Tencent won’t name. I’ve been checking the build for two days and the only visible change is the version number bump. This is classic WeChat. They ship these tiny increments every few weeks and let users figure out what changed.
Meanwhile, Xiaohongshu is making much bigger moves. The platform just became a rights-holding broadcaster for the 2026 World Cup in China, signing a deal with CCTV. All 104 matches across the 48-team tournament will stream free on Xiaohongshu through the app, the web version, and mobile screen casting. Former national team players Fan Zhiyi and Xie Hui are doing commentary. The app is adding prediction games, fan cards, and fan circles for the tournament.
This matters because Xiaohongshu is already past 400 million MAU. Football content interactions on the platform doubled year-over-year. The app started as a lifestyle and shopping guide, but it’s been quietly building out video and live streaming infrastructure. The World Cup deal is the proof that they think the product can handle mass live events. Whether the servers hold up when 100 million people try to watch a penalty shootout is another question.
On the HarmonyOS side, Disney’s official Shanghai resort app launched on Huawei’s AppGallery as version 13.7. I checked the build and it has full feature parity with the Android version. Tickets, annual passes, ride wait times, reservation cards, the interactive map, dining and shopping info, all of it works. No cut corners. That’s notable because a lot of early HarmonyOS ports were stripped-down versions that felt like afterthoughts.
Huawei says HarmonyOS 6 is now running on more than 55 million devices. The 6.1 update that shipped earlier this month added light-effect visuals, a fraud protection system called Star Shield, and time-limited encrypted sharing. More apps are getting native HarmonyOS builds instead of just Android compatibility layers. Disney joining the list suggests the platform is passing some kind of threshold for major international brands.
One footnote: Meitu’s old phones are basically turning into bricks. Users report that system certificates on older models have expired, which blocks factory resets, app downloads, and even normal shutdowns. Meitu’s customer service admitted there’s no dedicated technical team left to fix it. The company exited phone manufacturing in 2019 and handed the brand to Xiaomi, who only released one model and moved on. If you still have a Meitu phone, don’t reset it.
What’s your WeChat 8.0.74 experience? Notice anything different?