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Matthew Brennan, a speaker and writer focusing on Chinese mobile technology and innovation.

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Join us tomorrow for our second article in the WeChat Essential Tips series where we will be giving away more free info on WeChat. While they is an obvious burning need from some customers for a WeChat desktop version, they have little incentive to make the desktop version awesome as they will only cannibalize their own QQ business further. See message below:įor most users of the desktop versions of WeChat the obvious question to ask is ‘Why is it so basic?’ You can’t check moments, send money, locations, red envelopes, sights etc. Our take on this is Tencent (the company that owns WeChat) already dominates the desktop instant messaging market in China with QQ. using your phone and then switching to your ipad) the link with the desktop version will be broken and you will have to login again. It also seems you can’t log in to both the Web version and the desktop app at the same time. First click on the little settings cog in the bottom corner and then check this box.įor both Desktop App and Webpage versions, when switching devices (e.g. On the Windows Desktop App versions there is now a setting to keep all the chat history of conversations you’ve had previously on the Desktop App version. However at the moment (this may change), you have to change this manually through ‘settings’. When you open up the web page version of WeChat, all your chat threads will be empty each time. This is a big one, because loosing your chat history is really annoying to most people. This version allows you to send the gifs you have saved to your personal collection. Access to your custom stickersįor those of you who like to send gifs (we’re all guilty sometimes, come on admit it). There are two recent updates worth mentioning to the windows version which make this version different from the web page version. This is the current latest Windows Version 1.2.0.25

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Using the above links, download the desktop app and you’ll see it’s pretty similar to the web page version. To pin an article to the top of your WeChat hold down on the chat thread and the above menu will pop up, select ‘Sticky on top’. (There are other, perhaps better, ways to do this in WeChat which we will delve into in another post later in this series.) Some people like to pin this chat thread to the top of their WeChat and basically use it as a notepad or place to store things. This folder can become very useful if you are sending files back and forth a lot or if you want a place to keep notes or important reference docs for yourself. A way for you to move files back and forth from your desktop without having to actually send them to another person. This is your ‘File Moving Assistant’ （文件传输助手）.

Make sure to pay attention to this particular little green button: You can of course also see your contacts and that’s it apart from some simple settings in Chinese that you can play with. Basically, it’s a stripped down version of the traditional mobile app. Login in and you will see this kind of interface:Ĭlicking on the little green note icon allows you to read your official account news feeds Going to the above web address you will be prompted to scan the QR code with your phone: WeChat is built for mobile first (more on this at the end of the article).

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To use WeChat PC version on your desktop, you must be logged in on a mobile device. Using these desktop versions won’t help you if you’ve lost your phone.

If you want to use WeChat PC version on your desktop or laptop then there are 2 options: Transferring files back and forth between your laptop/desktop and your mobile devices Speed of typing / Copying and pasting large chunks of textĢ. Using WeChat PC version solves 2 big WeChat pain points, especially important for those using WeChat someway for your business or work (i.e. most people now in China):ġ.