WeChat

Messaging, calls and more in one app

WeChat is a communication app for people who want to message, call and share updates from one place. It suits anyone whose friends or family already use it, particularly if they also make regular use of its social and payment features. The developer is listed as WeChat.

Everyday conversations

Chats support text, photos, voice messages, video and location sharing, with group conversations for up to 500 members. You can make voice and video calls, including group video calls with up to nine people. Real-time location sharing can help when explaining where to meet, while message translation is available for conversations across languages.

A social feed and regional extras

Moments gives you a feed for sharing photos, videos and other updates with friends. Stickers offer another way to express yourself, and you can also create custom stickers. Pay and Wallet features, as well as WeChat Out calls to regular phone numbers, are available only in certain regions, so those tools may not be part of your experience.

Worth knowing before settling in

WeChat brings several kinds of activity together, which can be handy if your contacts already rely on it; it may be more app than you need if you only want a basic messenger. Its listing shows 100,000,000+ installs and a rating of 2.9 from about 5.9 million ratings. That is a very large audience, alongside mixed overall feedback—useful context when deciding whether its range of tools suits your routine.