Tencent Holdings’ super app WeChat, known as Weixin in mainland China, had 1.2 billion users as of December 31, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock
Tencent Holdings’ super app WeChat, known as Weixin in mainland China, had 1.2 billion users as of December 31, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock
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Tencent super app WeChat beefs up short video-sharing, live-streaming features as it takes on TikTok sister app Douyin

  • Version 8.0.3 of WeChat has enhanced its short video-sharing and live-streaming functions
  • WeChat, which had 1.2 billion monthly active users in the December quarter, doubled the video length for its Instagram-style WeChat Moment service

Celia ChenIris Deng
Celia Chen in Shenzhenand Iris Deng in Hong Kong

Updated: 12:00am, 30 Mar, 2021

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Tencent Holdings’ super app WeChat, known as Weixin in mainland China, had 1.2 billion users as of December 31, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock
Tencent Holdings’ super app WeChat, known as Weixin in mainland China, had 1.2 billion users as of December 31, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock
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