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After the WeChat team announced the opening of the Mini-Program Framework, devices such as treadmills and refrigerators can become terminals for users to use WeChat Mini-Programs. Now, OrionStar's intelligent service robot has become the first such devices.

The WeChat for macOS got the 2.4.0.145 beta update, which supports opening mini-programs in chat windows, and debugging functions for mini-programs.

WeChat mini-program hardware framework WMPF has been launched, allowing mini-programs to run outside WeChat and on devices beyond smartphones, the WeChat team announced at the 2020 WeChat Open Class PRO event on January 9.

The WeChat for PC received the official 2.8.0 update today. In addition to the new look at selected content, it also brought a new subscription content browsing experience.

The number of monthly active accounts on WeChat reached 1.151 billion in 2019, an increase of 6% from 2018, a data report released by WeChat on Friday showed.

Allen Zhang (Zhang Xiaolong), the creator of WeChat and senior vice president of Tencent, said on Thursday that his team is considering allowing WeChat users to add more than 5,000 friends.

WeChat lifted the restriction that it is not allowed to add more than 5000 friends, but the 5001th and later friends cannot read the Movements update, according to Sycaijing.com.

In terms of the impact on the GDP of their home country, WeChat's influence is about 2.4 times that of Facebook, according to a latest study.

The WeChat iOS version has get the 7.0.10 update, with the changelog stating "solving some known issues" while the much-anticipated Dark Mode is still absent.

WeChat, China's largest social app, now has a user base of 1.1 billion. It has become an essential communication tool for Chinese people. Its functions cover not only chat, but also payment and various life services.