What is WeChat?
{{Infobox software | name = WeChat {{nowrap|({{nobold|{{lang|zh|微信}}}})}} | developer = [[Tencent|Tencent Holdings Limited]] | released = {{Start date and age|2011|01|21|df=yes}} (as Weixin) | ver layout = stacked | latest preview version = {{Multiple releases | branch1 = Android | version1 = 7.0 | date1 = {{release date and age|df=yes|2018|11|19}}<ref>{{cite web |title=WeChat APKs |url=https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/wechat-tencent/wechat/ |date=19 November 2018 |website=APKMirror |publisher=Android Police |access-date=12 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193426/https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/wechat-tencent/wechat/ |archive-date=12 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} | operating system = [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[macOS]], [[Windows]] | language = Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic, Turkish | language count = 17 | genre = [[Instant messaging]] [[Client (computing)|client]] | license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[freeware]] | website = {{URL|https://www.wechat.com}} (International)<br />{{URL|https://weixin.qq.com/}} (China) }} '''WeChat''' ({{zh|c=微信|p=Wēixìn {{noitalic|{{pronunciation|Zh-weixìn.ogg|listen|(|help=no}}}}|l=micro-message}}) is a Chinese [[mobile app]] with many uses, such as [[instant messaging|messaging]], [[social media]] and [[mobile payment]]. It is made by [[Tencent]]. It has been the world's largest app since 2018, and has over 1 billion monthly [[active users]].<ref>{{cite news|title=WeChat now has over 1 billion active monthly users worldwide · TechNode|url=https://technode.com/2018/03/05/wechat-1-billion-users/|work=TechNode|date=5 March 2018|access-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407153530/https://technode.com/2018/03/05/we