There have even been threats to charge for it. But now things just got a lot more serious after Tencent, the company behind the hit service, released a dedicated internet calling app for Chinese users ( Dianhua), alongside an international version ( Lighttalk) for those in the rest of the world. WeChat, which known as Weixin in China, already lets users make free (VoIP) calls using WiFi or cellular data, but the apps take the feature - which is somewhat buried in the in-chat options draw - and builds it out into fully functional apps in their own right.Īs well as calling friends for free - minus the cost of any data consumed - they include voicemail functionality, an address book, and it claims to support HD-quality voice calls. #Profile tencent china 900b wechat 259bstreetjournal for free# Dianhua requires a WeChat account - there are more than 400 million monthly active users - and imports contact profile photos from the Tencent service. Interestingly, Lighttalk doesn’t require a WeChat account. It offers to import contacts from your phone book or QQ, but strangely not from WeChat itself. That latter omission makes it largely useless for me, since I need to build my network of contacts using the app from scratch.īeyond replacing regular calling, the app could further cement WeChat/Tencent’s efforts with retailers and brands. #Profile tencent china 900b wechat 259bstreetjournal for free#.
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