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WeChat is a Chinese social media mobile application software developed by Tencent.
It allows you to easily connect with family & friends across countries. It's the all-in-one communications app for text (SMS/MMS), voice and video calls, Moments, photo sharing, and games.
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Pros
Pro Lets you make purchases and pay bills
The WeChat Wallet lets you conveniently pay bills by showing an instantly generated QR code to the businessman, charge fees for cell phone, buy cinema/coach/train/plane/steamer tickets, give "Hong Bao" (red packet) to friends or others, and many more.
Cons
Con Complies with China's requirements to hand over data
WeChat confirms it will hand over all private data when requested by the Chinese government.
Con Conversations and chat groups aren't ported to new devices
Messages are stored on each device, so shifting to a new device means losing all the previous conversations, as well as an inability to post in previous chat groups until someone else posts there and you're alerted of a new message.
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Con WeChat complies with China's requirements to hand over data
WeChat confirms it will hand over all private data when requested by the Chinese government.