Why does WeChat automatically upgrade the new version?

Wechat is a free application that provides instant messaging service for smart terminals. It was launched by Tencent on 20 1 1, 1. It was created by the product team of Tencent Guangzhou R&D Center led by Zhang Xiaolong. Wechat supports fast sending of free voice messages, videos, pictures and texts across communication operators and operating system platforms. At the same time, you can also use service plug-ins such as "shake", "circle of friends", "public platform" and "voice notepad" to enjoy streaming media content through * *.

By the end of the second quarter of 20 16, WeChat had covered more than 94% of smartphones in China, with 806 million monthly active users [3], covering more than 200 countries and more than 20 languages [4]. In addition, the total number of brand WeChat WeChat official account exceeds 8 million, the number of mobile application docking exceeds 85,000, the advertising revenue increases to 3.679 billion yuan [3], and the number of WeChat payment users reaches about 400 million [4].

Wechat provides public platform, friends circle, message push and other functions. Users can add friends and pay attention to public platforms by "shaking", "searching for numbers", "people nearby" and scanning QR codes. At the same time, WeChat will share the content with friends and share the wonderful content that users see to WeChat friends circle.

From June 5438 to February 2020, WeChat on iOS was updated to version 7.0.20, and a "WeChat Bean" was added to the profile page [5]. 202 1, 1, 2 1, WeChat updated to version 8.0 [6]. In July, 20021year, in the latest version of 8.0.8, WeChat not only can log in to mobile phones and PC/Mac devices at the same time, but also adds the function of logging in to tablet devices at the same time, which means that tablet devices are at the same level as mobile phones and computers in the use of WeChat, and the number of devices that users can log in at the same time has reached as many as three [165438+]. The wechat user complaint page has added the item "fans have no bottom line idolization behavior"

Wechat was planned and launched by Shenzhen Tencent Holdings Co., Ltd. from 20 10 to 10, and was created by the product team of Tencent Guangzhou R&D Center. The team led by team manager Zhang Xiaolong has successfully developed Internet projects such as Foxmail and QQ mailbox. Ma, president of Tencent, confirmed the name of this product as "WeChat" in the email of product planning.

20 1 1 year

2011117 A cultural communication limited liability company in Beijing applied for registration of the WeChat trademark. Tencent's WeChat trademark was registered on 201110, only one week late [8].

On 20 1 1 year 1 month 2 1 day, wechat released a beta version of 1.0 for iPhone users. This version supports importing existing contact information through QQ number, but only has simple functions such as instant messaging, sharing photos and changing avatars [9].

In the following three beta versions of 1. 1, 1.2 and 1.3, WeChat gradually increased the reading of mobile phone address book, the intercommunication with Tencent Weibo private messages and the support of multi-person dialogue function. By the end of 20 1 1 April, Tencent wechat had obtained four or five million registered users [9

On 2011may 10, wechat released version 2.0, adding voice intercom function similar to Talkbox, which greatly increased the user base of wechat for the first time.

20 1 1 In August, 2008, WeChat added the function of "viewing people nearby" to make friends with strangers, with users of150,000. By the end of 20 1 1, the number of WeChat users had exceeded 50 million.

20 1 1, 1,1,WeChat released version 3.0, which added the functions of "shake" and drift bottle, increased the support for traditional Chinese interface, and increased the number of mobile phones bound by users from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, the United States and Japan [9].

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20 12 March, the number of wechat users exceeded 1 100 million. On April 19, WeChat released version 4.0. This version adds the same photo album function as Path and Instagram, and can share photo albums with friends [9].

20 12 April, Tencent began to try to push WeChat to the international market. For the Europeanization of WeChat, its English version 4.0 was renamed as "WeChat", and then multilingual support was introduced [9].

On July 2012 19, WeChat version 4.2 added a video chat plug-in and released a web version of WeChat interface [9].

On September 5, 20 12, WeChat version 4.3 added a shake-and-pass function, which can easily transfer pictures from the computer to the mobile phone. This version also adds voice search function, and supports the unbinding of mobile phone number and QQ number, which further enhances the user's control over personal information [9].

2065438+September 2002 17, Tencent wechat team announced that the number of registered users of wechat exceeded 200 million [10].

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20 13,1Late at night on June 5th, Tencent's WeChat team announced in Weibo that the number of WeChat users exceeded 300 million, making it the communication software with the largest number of downloads and users in the world, and its influence spread all over Chinese mainland, Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, Southeast Asia, overseas Chinese gathering places and a few westerners [9].

On February 5, 20 13, WeChat released version 4.5. This version supports real-time intercom and multi-person real-time voice chat, and further enriches the functions of "shake" and QR code, and supports the search, storage and migration of chat records. At the same time, WeChat 4.5 also adds the function of voice reminding and navigation according to the location sent by the other party [9] [1 1].

On April 1 1 day, 2003, Tencent's wechat team officially issued a statement to some users through wechat, saying that "wechat charges users" circulating on the Internet was malicious rumor, and stressed that wechat would never charge users [12].

At 7: 30 a.m. on July 22nd, 20 13, a large number of users reported that WeChat had all-round failures, including being unable to send WeChat messages, refreshing the circle of friends, logging in to the public account platform and connecting to the WeChat webpage. The accident lasted until 2pm, and the WeChat development team was in Weibo, Tencent. It was announced that WeChat could be used again, but there were still messages from users, saying that after entering WeChat, some functions were not restored or could not be connected at all.

On August 5, 20 13, WeChat 5.0 for ios was launched, and an expression store and game center were added. Sweep (3 13 for short) has been upgraded in an all-round way, and it can scan street scenes, barcodes, QR codes, text translations and covers. On August 9 of the same year, WeChat 5.0 Android was launched.

On August 5, 20 13, the registered users of wechat overseas version exceeded 1 100 million, with 30 million new users a month.

20 13 10 13, the whole city search aims to help those individuals or enterprises who don't know technology to establish their own interface programs, so that individuals or enterprises who don't know technology at all can have powerful functions through simple configuration. Enterprises can use the city search to realize the function of intelligent customer service robot at low cost, and stores can easily realize the association and interaction between store products and fans, which will soon provide a powerful local operation and maintenance management function module for WeChat local number operation and maintenance personnel.

20 13, 10, 19, WeChat LBS replied that the store location was set by the merchant. After submitting the current location, users can find the nearest merchant store, perform one-click navigation and one-click dialing, and display activities (such as coupons and scratch cards) if there are activities in the store.

201310/On October 24th, the number of Tencent WeChat users exceeded 600 million, with daily active users1000000.

On 20 13 12 3 1 day, wechat 5.0 for Windows Phone was launched, adding functions such as emoticon store, bank card binding, collection function, email binding and information sharing to friends circle.

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201414/On October 4th, WeChat added the taxi function provided by Didi Taxi to its products [13].

2014 65438+1October 28th, WeChat was upgraded to version 5.2, and the interface of Android version was completely revised.

2065438+WeChat payment function was launched in March 2004.

On March 24th, 20 14, the computer housekeeper held hands with WeChat online chat record backup function.

On August 28th, 20 14, WeChat Pay officially announced the whole industry solution of "WeChat Smart Life". Specifically, it is based on WeChat official account and WeChat payment to help traditional industries "transplant" the original business model to WeChat platform.

In the closed-loop mobile Internet business solution provided by WeChat, the service capabilities involved include: mobile e-commerce portal, user identification, data analysis, payment and settlement, customer relationship maintenance, after-sales service and rights protection, social promotion and so on. This also indicates that WeChat will once again increase the pace of commercialization and opening up, provide connections for partners, and promote the mobile Internet transformation of business models of enterprise users.

By providing partners with the ability to "connect everything", WeChat is forming a new "smart" lifestyle. It has penetrated into the following traditional industries, such as WeChat taxi, WeChat electricity payment, WeChat shopping, WeChat medical care, WeChat hotel and so on. Provide standard solutions for dozens of industries such as medical care, hotels, retail, department stores, catering, ticketing, express delivery, universities, e-commerce, and people's livelihood [14].

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2015,65438+10,21,wechat took the lead in launching version 6. 1 in the App Store. The new version adds three functions: "Send a WeChat red envelope in the attachment bar", "Don't lose your custom expression when changing your mobile phone" and "Search friends circle content and nearby restaurants". There is also the opening slide after installation-count your "likes" and "likes" in the past year.

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20 16 65438+ 10/01,the father of wechat, Zhang Xiaolong, made a public appearance after many years, explaining the four values of wechat. Zhang Xiaolong pointed out that more and more products are made through official WeChat accounts, because the cost of developing, acquiring users and spreading them here is lower. The split service number cannot provide better service, so a new form called "WeChat applet" [15] is being studied inside WeChat.

From March 1 2006, WeChat Pay stopped charging for the transfer function. From that day on, the cash withdrawal function will charge a handling fee [16]. On March 10, wechat officially announced the details of "enterprise wechat" for the first time, and officially released the Android version through App treasure on April 18. In August, WeChat and Alipay were granted the first payment licenses in Hong Kong [17].

2065438+September 2, 20061day, WeChat applet officially started internal testing. In the WeChat ecosystem, the WeChat applet that is at your fingertips and ready to go has attracted widespread attention. Tencent Cloud officially launched the WeChat applet solution, providing technical solutions for applets in the cloud server [18].

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20 17 65438+ 10. At 0: 00 on October 9, the first batch of wechat applets, which received much attention, were officially launched in a low-key manner, and users could experience the services provided by various applets [19].

20 17 February, brand finance released the 20 17 list of the top 500 global brands, with WeChat ranking 100 [20].

On the evening of March 23rd, 20 17, wechat officially launched the "wechat index" function, which Tencent defined as a mobile index based on wechat big data analysis provided by wechat official [2 1].

On April 17 and 19, WeChat announced that due to the introduction of new Apple regulations, the in-app payment rules have changed, and the appreciation functions of WeChat public platform and expression platform for iOS version were closed on the same day 17:00, and other versions of WeChat appreciation functions such as Android were not affected. In addition, Tencent related people said that red envelopes are not included and will not be affected.

Wechat adjusted the Appreciation function of the public platform and the emoticon platform this time because Apple updated clause 3. 1. 1 on June 20 13, and more strictly required that the app should not contain buttons, external links or other calling words to guide customers to use non-IAP mechanisms to make purchases.

WeChat also said that after the appreciation function is turned off, the operator of WeChat official account can display the QR code in the article and get support through personal transfer. In order to protect users' funds, the settlement period of such transferred funds will be T+7. If the funds are frozen or refunded, you can check the relevant running water in the background of WeChat public platform [22].

On May 4th, 20 17, WeChat Pay announced that it would join hands with CITCON to formally enter the United States. After WeChat payment officially entered the United States, people who go to the United States can enjoy the convenience of cashless payment in the United States. Through WeChat payment, food, clothing, housing and transportation in the United States can be directly settled in RMB [23].

On the morning of May 5, 20 17, some Russian WeChat users were restricted to use, and the web version function could not be used. Russian government requires service providers to provide industrial and commercial registration information, server address, software function description and other information of the host country. Russia promised to cancel the closure of WeChat after providing the above information [24].

2065438+On May 8, 2007/kloc-0, WeChat ushered in an update, adding the function of "WeChat Lab". At present, the enabled experiments have two functions: "take a look" and "search" [25].

On the afternoon of 20 17, 2 1, there was a large-scale failure on wechat, and other app contents could not be shared with friends and friends. The WeChat transfer function is also temporarily invalid, and the red envelope function is normal.

During the four days from September 25, 20 17 to September 28, 20 17, the earth picture displayed on the startup page of mobile phone WeChat will also be changed from the world's first complete earth photo released by NASA to the imaging picture of Fengyun-4. This is also the first time that the WeChat startup page has been replaced in 6 years [26].

On October 8th, 2065438+07165438/kloc-0, wechat was selected as one of the top 30 business cases in China [27].

20 17 12.28, 6.6. 1 version of the WeChat update suddenly opened a small game, and the WeChat startup page also highlighted the small game "jump" [28].

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201865438+1October 10 On the occasion of the arrival of the 32nd National Publicity Day 1 10, Yantai Public Security Bureau and Tencent Company jointly developed a new on-site interactive alarm mode-"@1/kloc"

2018,65438+10,31,wechat released a new version 6.6.2 on the iOS side, which supports one-click login and page discovery for two accounts [30].

On February 9, 20 18, the wechat team announced that it would adhere to zero tolerance for online gambling. After verification and evidence collection, the wechat team handled more than 2,300 gambling wechat groups with restricted group functions, and imposed stepped penalties on more than 30,000 accounts such as restricted function use or restricted login [3 1].

On the evening of February, 2065438 18, the WeChat team issued a heavy announcement in response to malicious violations and confrontational behaviors of WeChat friends [32].

2065438+February 2008, the monthly activity of WeChat global users broke through for the first time 1 100 million [33].

From April, 2065438+2008 1 day, Alipay and WeChat use static bar codes for payment, with a daily limit of 500 yuan [34].

On April 9, 20 18, Tianjin Municipal Market Supervision Committee started the service of "Enterprises downloading and using electronic business licenses through WeChat applet" in Dongjiang Port Area of China (Tianjin) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Jiangsu Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce in Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Suqian and Lianyungang [35].

2065438+In May 2008, in order to protect users' privacy and optimize the experience of WeChat external links, the WeChat team further upgraded the relevant rules of the Management Specification for WeChat External Links, and the new rules will take effect on May 29 [36].

2065 438+08. 8. 7 In order to ensure the healthy operation of the platform, the article reading data in the background of WeChat official account will eliminate the false data brought by unnatural reading such as machines [37].

From September 30th, 20 18, from now until the end of February 18, users will participate in rock music activities in WeChat payment cooperative stores in Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand, and have the opportunity to get free bills or red envelopes paid by WeChat [38].

From 2018165438+130, wechat and the service of temporarily offline drift bottles are dedicated to cleaning up pornographic content [39].

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20 19 17, Chen Ping, vice president of Tencent Cloud, said at the IPv6(Internet Protocol Version 6) upgrade conference of Zhilian that Tencent Cloud would fully realize IPv6 on 20 19, which not only promoted the IPv6 strategy in the whole ecology [40].

20 19, 10, 10, WeChat payment statement does not support virtual currency transaction [4 1].

On 20 19 10, wechat launched the function of "mobile phone number transfer", so that others can transfer money to wechat change remotely without adding friends [42].

On 20191kloc-0/8, wechat announced the upgrade of the "wechat external link content management specification" to clearly add the types of violations. 10 [43]1the new regulations were formally implemented on October 28th.

20 19, 1 1, wechat began to test the gray scale. The function of "related reading" has been added to the bottom of the article in the official account of WeChat, that is, the "related reading" module appears at the bottom of some articles published in the official account of WeChat, and the related extended reading content of this article is recommended to help users understand related events or contents that may be of interest [44].

the year of 2020

On March 2, 2020, the version of WeChat iOS7.0. 12 was launched, and the new version provided the function of using WeChat in dark mode [45].

On the evening of June 3, 2020, WeChat finally officially launched the WeChat payment sub-function [46].

On June 5, 2020, Android users updated to the latest version of WeChat, and they can modify micro-signals. Entries are in "Me"-"Personal Information"-"Micro Signal", and qualified users can modify the micro signal once a year [47].

On June 7, 2020/KLOC-0, WeChat launched the "take a shot" function [48].

On July 26, 2020, WeChat stopped serving Indian users. The affected WeChat users are all registered with Indian local numbers, while those registered with China mobile phone numbers can still be used normally. There are indications that WeChat will stop using the WeChat of Indian mobile phone users, which should be a technical measure to avoid legal risks. When the account is cancelled, the user will receive a message from the WeChat team, which reads: "According to Indian law, we cannot provide you with WeChat service at present. We attach importance to every user, and data security and privacy are the most important to us. We are in contact with relevant departments and hope to resume service in the future [49]. "

On September 9, 2020, WeChat search launched the "fingertip search" function [50].

On September 18, 2020, the US Department of Commerce announced in official website that in response to the executive order signed by President Trump on August 6, 2020, the US Department of Commerce announced that it would ban transactions related to mobile application (app) WeChat and Tik Tok to safeguard US national security; From September 20th, Tik Tok and WeChat will be taken off the shelves in the United States [5 1].

From June 5438 to February 2020, WeChat on iOS was updated to version 7.0.20, and a "WeChat Bean" was added to the profile page. It is reported that "WeChat Bean" is a prop used to pay for virtual items in WeChat, and you can buy virtual gifts in the live broadcast of video number [5].

202 1 year

On the afternoon of 202 1, 1, 2 1, WeChat iOS was greatly updated, and WeChat V8.0.0 was launched, with an update of about 400M m, and WeChat characters were dynamically played. Version 8.0 introduced a series of new characters, among which "bomb" and "fireworks" were the highlights [52]. The live broadcast near the video number has been updated, and the live broadcast that users are interested in can be found according to the classification. Add a status bar, and click Add Status Bar below I-Micro Signal to edit personal status. States can be divided into three categories: mood and thoughts, work and study, and activities. Status can truly show the current situation of users, such as setting to "Busy" and "Fishing". People who have also set "Busy" can also see the status of * * * and friends. The floating window page has been modified. In the latest version of WeChat 8.0, the floating window that was originally suspended in the conversation flow of the home page was hidden in the upper left corner of the home page, ensuring the simplicity of the home page. Click on the floating window in the upper left corner of the homepage, and the unread articles will be displayed in the form of tabs on the left side of the homepage, and users can click on the corresponding articles to continue reading [53].

2021April 14, wechat launched a small function, "the QR code of wechat official account can be converted into the business card of wechat official account with one click" [106].

On May 28th, 20021year, WeChat circle announced that it would be officially closed on February 28th, 2002107 due to the adjustment of business development direction.

On July 2nd, 20021year, the Android version of WeChat 8.0.7 was released. [109] In the latest version 8.0.8, WeChat can not only log in to mobile phones and PC/Mac devices at the same time, but also add the function of logging in to tablet devices at the same time. [ 1 10]

On 20021September 17, Tencent issued a statement on the adjustment of the content management standard of external links on WeChat, saying that users can access external links in a one-on-one chat scenario after upgrading the latest version of WeChat. [ 1 13]

Caring mode

Caring mode [1 14]

On September 28th, 2002/kloc-0, a new version was released recently, and the "caring mode" was officially launched. Compared with the normal mode, the text of WeChat caring mode is bigger and clearer, the color is thicker and easier to identify, and the buttons are bigger and easier to use, which helps to improve the convenience of using WeChat for the elderly, visually impaired groups and other people. [ 1 14]

202 1, 10,1,wechat released a new version of iOS 8.0. 15, which upgraded the wechat youth mode and added a new function of "guardian authorization". Parents can manage their children's use of WeChat through this function. After enabling this function, teenagers can remotely apply for the guardian's authorization to access the official WeChat account articles, applets, links and extend the use time of the video number, and the guardian can remotely authorize the application through the personal WeChat account. [1 15] With this function, the guardian can decide what to show the teenagers and for how long. [ 1 18]

202 1, 10 In June, WeChat issued a statement saying that WeChat Pay and UnionPay China UnionPay Express have realized offline barcode mutual recognition scanning, UnionPay China UnionPay Express fully supports QQ coins, QQ music and Tencent video recharge services, and WeChat applet gradually supports China UnionPay Express payment. [ 1 19]

On 20021,1654381October 7th, WeChat added an item "idolization of fans without a bottom line" on the user complaint page, so that users can complain about personal accounts and group chat members on this ground. [ 120]

2021115 message, wechat launched a self-developed input method. [ 125]

202 1, wechat released the update of the content management specification of wechat external links: external links will be directly accessible in the peer-to-peer chat scenario; The external direct function of open e-commerce will be tried out in the group chat scenario. [ 127]

202 1 1 1.30, the official version of WeChat macOS version 3.2.2 was released. This update mainly supports two folding group chat functions and fixes some known problems. [ 130]

On 2002112, the wechat team released the wechat compliance guidelines on regulating the release and dissemination of off-campus training content on the wechat public platform. Among them, it is required not to publish publicity and guidance content for discipline and non-discipline off-campus training institutions for primary and secondary school students (including kindergarten preschool children) on WeChat platform, and not to use WeChat platform to carry out discipline and non-discipline off-campus training for primary and secondary school students (including kindergarten preschool children) in violation of regulations. [ 13 1]

202 1 After upgrading to the latest version, including Windows and macOS versions, WeChat PC client has supported automatic login to this device, and you can choose not to need mobile phone confirmation after logging in to common devices. At present, WeChat has supported simultaneous login to computers, tablets, watches and other devices. [ 132]

202165438+February, Galaxy Kirin desktop operating system V 10, including V 10 SP 1, completed the migration and adaptation with Tencent's native WeChat and put it on the Kirin store. [ 134]

In 2022

On June 6, 2022, 65438,2022 WeChat open class Pro was held in Guangzhou. Ceng Ming, a lecturer of WeChat open class, revealed that in 20021year, the daily activity of WeChat applets exceeded 450 million, the average daily usage increased by 32% compared with 2020, and the active applets increased by 4 1%. [ 136]

On June 5438+ 10, 2022, the digital RMB App was upgraded, and Weizhong Bank's digital RMB wallet (WeChat payment) was launched. Tencent began to access digital RMB to provide services. [ 137]

On June 5438+ 10/5, 2022, the version of WeChat iOS was updated, and the version number was upgraded to 8.0. 17. This update adds the much-anticipated "voice pause" function, which supports voice pause and continuous playback. [139] In the face of long voice, long press can pause the voice while playing, and a button "Continue playing" will appear on the right, and the voice will continue playing after clicking the button. Generally speaking, it avoids the situation that someone interrupts, the voice cannot be paused, and then the voice needs to be listened to again. [ 14 1]

June 5438 +20221October, the official version of WeChat for Mac 3.3.0 was updated, and the video number function was added. In addition, you can search for micro signals to add friends. [ 142]

In June, 2022, 65438+ 10, the iOS version of wechat ushered in the 8.0. 17 version update. [ 143]

On June 20, 2022, 65438 WeChat officially announced that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's "Special Action for Internet Application Aging and Barrier-free Transformation" announced the first batch of more than 200 websites and apps that passed the aging barrier-free rating evaluation, and WeChat and WeChat Pay (built-in WeChat App) all passed the evaluation in the first batch. [ 145]

In the month of 65438+2022 10, the version of iOS wechat 8.0. 18 was officially updated. After the update, WeChat friends circle can select 20 pictures. [147] The interface for modifying ringtones is changed from the original list form to the video stream form. The word "I"-"payment" in the iOS version of WeChat was changed to "service" [148].

On February 4th, 2022, WeChat updated the introduction page of "WeChat Auto Edition", showing that WeChat Auto Edition has been connected to 15 auto manufacturers, including Audi, BMW, Beijing, Chang 'an and Great Wall. [ 152]

In February 2022, WeChat ushered in a major upgrade of iOS 8. 0. 18, and supported friends to send more than 9 pictures. When the user selects more than 9 pictures, a new video will be displayed. In addition, the interface for modifying ringtones is changed from the original list form to the video stream form. "Payment" in the "Me" page has been changed to "Service". [ 154]

In February, 2022, WeChat App has supported the sending of 4K original videos with little compression. [ 156]

On March 4, 2022, the WeChat payment platform issued the Notice on Further Reducing the Payment Fees of Small and Micro Merchant Customers. According to the notice, from September 1 2026 to September 30, 2024, small and micro businesses that meet the standards will be given preferential payment. [ 158]

As of March 15, 2022, WeChat has launched an algorithm close button, and users can close "personalized recommendation" with one click in the background. [ 160]

On March 25th, 2022, the WeChat Android platform ushered in the update of 8.0.2 1 beta. The official update log optimizes some known issues. Open the File Transfer Assistant after logging in; The status supports double-clicking likes; Chat picture search function, pictures can also be "searched"