WeChat 17+

Calls, chats, and more

WeChat

    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Connecting a billion people with calls, chats, and more

WeChat is more than a messaging and social media app – it is a lifestyle for one billion users across the world. Chat and make calls with friends, read news and use local services in Official Accounts and Mini Programs, play games with friends, enjoy mobile payment features with WeChat Pay, and much more.

Why do 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.
• REAL-TIME LOCATION: Not good at explaining directions? Share your real-time location with the tap of a button.
• MOMENTS: Never forget your favorite moments. Post photos, videos, and more to share with friends on your personal Moments stream.
• TIME CAPSULE (NEW!): Share glimpses of your day. Record short videos to post in your Time Capsule before they disappear in 24 hours.
• 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 (NEW!): Make chatting more unique with custom stickers and selfie stickers.
• OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS: Tons of accounts to follow with original content and news for your reading pleasure.
• MINI PROGRAMS: Countless third-party services all within the WeChat app that don’t require additional installation, saving you precious phone storage and time.
• TOP STORIES: See the latest articles your friends are reading and discover all kinds of interesting content.
• GAMES: Have fun and compete with friends in a huge selection of WeChat Mini Games and Tencent Games (available in select regions).
• WECHAT PAY: Enjoy the convenience of world-leading mobile payment features with WeChat Pay and Wallet (available in select regions).
• WECHAT OUT: Make calls to mobile phones and landlines around the globe at super low rates (only available in select regions).
• WERUN: Use Healthkit and Health app data to sync your step count on WeRun, where you can compete against friends with daily step rankings. Enable WeRun in “Settings” > “General” > “Plug-ins”.
• LANGUAGE SUPPORT: Localized in 20 different languages and can translate friends' messages and Moments posts.
• BETTER PRIVACY: Giving you the highest level of control over your privacy, WeChat is the only messaging app to be certified by TRUSTe.
• EASY MODE: Clearer and larger text and buttons for better readability.

What’s New

Version 8.0.48

What's New:
- Bug fixes and improvements.

Ratings and Reviews

4.1 out of 5
16.8K Ratings

16.8K Ratings

Yakitori10 ,

Folks, It’s actually all right.

Yes, privacy is an issue. But you shall do nothing bad, do ya?

Yet, if you sign up for WeChat using a mobile number, say, a UK number, your data will be stored in data centres owned by Tencent INTERNATIONAL located in HONG KONG, SINGAPORE and IRELAND. NOT IN MAINLAND CHINA.

Also Tencent INTERNATIONAL is registered in AMSTERDAM & HONG KONG, therefore, if you sign up with a European number, your data is fully protected by GDPR! And Tencent is NOT allowed to distribute them to third parties.

For Japanese users, if you sign up with your Japanese number, your data will be stored in Singapore. So it’s good to use. (Simple English for ya)

Unless you use some functions, for instance, a mini-program created by a Chinese based company, your data needed for using the mini-program WILL be transferred to mainland China data centres. When you using those mini-program and other functions such as these, WeChat will promote a message to you saying your data will be transferred if needed, and you can disagree (by not using it), or agree (continue to use).

Furthermore, WeChat (international) and WeXin (Chinese mainland) are actually two different apps.
They have same interface but very differ from each other in terms of functions and connections.

And that’s my point of view. Thanks.

kri941224 ,

About that comment saying supervised by authorities

I don’t think so. This is not a local-server service so you have to connect to the server. The server is in Singapore and HK when you are not in mainland China. I think you should check your internet first. Chinese authorities doesn’t have a reason to supervise you, since you are not great people and even if so, their skill isn’t something you can notice.
Just way too stupid

SSS=SSS ,

Regarding the privacy issues.

Yes i have seen some comment mentioning that they will store certain data separately outside mainland china , but, there is no guarantee that if they will done it secretly or not.

as that guy had also mentioned those mini programs, yes they may need your account ID and maybe profile picture to run, but the trend in the mainland china is GET AS MUCH PERMISSIONS AS THEY CAN, so once u are too asleep to watch the essay of the user agreement, u might be in dangerous

Also , wechat and weixin IS the same app, so don’t think you’re safe just because you using an international version. you can test it out by getting a crap phone and login your account using a chinese version app. it will work.

App Privacy

The developer, WeChat, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Health & Fitness
  • Purchases
  • Financial Info
  • Location
  • Contact Info
  • Contacts
  • User Content
  • Search History
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Wallet

    Get all of your passes, tickets, cards, and more in one place.

  • Siri

    Get things done within this app using just your voice.

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