WeChat on HarmonyOS just got another test build, and this one is worth watching because it is less about one splashy feature and more about Tencent filling in all the awkward gaps that kept the native HarmonyOS app feeling like…
WeChat dropped iOS version 8.0.74 this week, and if you are on Android you are still stuck on 8.0.72. That is two full versions behind. iOS WeChat has pushed four updates in under six weeks, which is either impressive or…
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…
China’s app ecosystem never sleeps. This week Xiaohongshu made a move that could finally flip its gender ratio, WeChat reminded everyone why it is still the platform to beat, and an app with the most morbid name I’ve seen in…
WeChat has been unusually chatty about itself this month. Three separate updates, a rare peek at team size, and an official explanation for a feature everyone complains about. For an app that usually just drops changes in your lap, this…
WeChat has a growth problem. Its MAU hit 14.32 billion in Q1 2026, but the year-on-year growth rate is down to 2%. That is basically flatlining for an app that used to add hundreds of millions of users every quarter.…
I’ve been watching China’s app ecosystem long enough to know that “innovation” usually means another payment tab or a slightly faster QR scanner. But the past few months have been genuinely weird. WeChat is becoming a travel agent for Malaysians.…
Here is a sentence I did not expect to read this year: QQ is giving up on its own mini program platform and telling developers to just use WeChat’s instead. Tencent announced on July 1 that QQ will fully integrate…
Three updates from China’s app ecosystem this week that actually matter. WeChat Mini Programs are now a real cross-border business. At the Weixin Open Class PRO 2026 event in Guangzhou on January 15, Tencent announced that WeChat Mini Programs now…
China’s app ecosystem never sits still. In the past few months, Alipay, WeChat, Douyin, and Xiaohongshu have all pushed major updates that change how people pay, shop, and interact. Here is what is actually happening. Alipay “Touch to Pay” (碰一下):…