Introduction

WeChat  is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China, first released in January 2011.The app is available on Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Symbian phones, and there are also Web-based and OS X clients but these require the user to have the app installed on a supported mobile phone for authentication.As of 2013, WeChat has 300 million users; with 70 million outside of China.

WeChat provides text messaging, hold-to-talk voice messaging, broadcast (one-to-many) messaging, sharing of photographs and videos, and location sharing. It can exchange contacts with people nearby via Bluetooth, as well as providing various features for contacting people at random if desired (if these are open to it) and integration with integration with social networking services such as those run by Facebook and Tencent QQ. Photographs may also be embellished with filters and captions, and a machine translation service is available.

Registration is completed through Facebook Connect, email, mobile phone SMS/VM, or Tencent QQ

Basics

Sending Messages.

Go into a person’s talk chat or group chat.

At the bottom you will see a place to write your messages. Click that.

Write what you want to write and send it at the bottom right corner.

Sending Faces and Emotions.

Go into a person’s talk chat or group chat.

At the bottom on the right of the messaging area you will see a face. Click that.

If you want to send faces, click the face and you will see lots of faces to use. If you want to send emoticons, click others. Emoticons cannot be put on a message.

Adding Contacts.

Go to “Contacts” tab on click “Add” on the top right.

Choose WeChat ID, QQ Contacts, Mobile Contacts, Google Contacts, or Friend Radar. To choose WeChat ID, you have to type in the WeChat ID. For QQ Contacts, you have to have a QQ account. For Mobile Contacts, you have to add people from your personal contacts. For Friend Radar, WeChat will try to find WeChat users around you.

Stickers Shop

1. Go to the “Me” tab and press “Sticker Shop”.
2. Download the emoticons to use while chatting.
Some may require money and password.

Games

1. If you are a Chinese language user, do the following.
Go to “Discover” tab and click “Games”. Shown below will be the undownloaded games.
Download them by clicking the game then clicking “Download”.

2. If you are a other language user, do the following.
Go to App Store and under the “Search” tab write: 欢乐麻将, 全民飞机大战, 天天飞车, 全民英雄, 欢乐斗地主, 节奏大师, 天天酷跑, 天天连葫, or 天天爱消除.
Download the game.
Connect it to WeChat.

Make sure you agree to the rules.

Conclusion

WeChat provides a Web-based client, with messaging and file transfer capabilities, but not the other functions such as detection of nearby people.

It is not possible to get onto the WeChat network if you do not possess a suitable smartphone with the app installed.

WeChat meets the todays generation rules to communication.

Use it to have a connection with your near and dear ones.