From AI-powered tools to new features for content creators, WeChat and its affiliated platforms have rolled out a series of updates. Here are eight highlights worth checking out.
1. WeCom deepens integration with WorkBuddy
(Photos: Weixin Pai)
WeCom version 5.0.12 adds WorkBuddy, Tencent's AI agent, to the sidebar. From there, it can draw on a company's internal and external messages, documents, emails and other resources, within each user's permissions.
Users can assign WorkBuddy tasks through chat, while administrators can deploy it across the company, allocate accounts and manage computing power purchases.
The update also opens WeCom to multiple AI models and agents, so companies can pick the ones that suit them.
2. WeChat Keyboard adds AI voice recorder
WeChat Keyboard has launched a new AI voice recorder that corrects transcription errors and organizes key points in real time based on context. It can also turn recordings into charts and other interactive visuals, making transcripts easier to read and understand.
The feature is now available on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. Users can try it by downloading or updating WeChat Keyboard to the latest version.
3. QQ Mail upgrades Notes feature
QQ Mail has upgraded its Notes feature, adding quick notes with a pull-down gesture, desktop notes and voice-to-text transcription. The editor now saves automatically and offers a more focused writing mode. Users can also turn notes into shareable graphics with one tap for posting on WeChat Official Accounts and Xiaohongshu (RedNote).
4. WeChat Moments adds one-tap private posts
With one tap, users can now publish a Moments post that only they can see. They can change who sees it at any time via "Edit Who Can See."
5. WeChat offers incentives for turning novels into micro-dramas
The Weixin Open Platform and the WeChat Channels team have launched the first phase of an incentive program encouraging Official Account novel authors to collaborate with micro-drama (known as "duanju" in Chinese) producers on adaptations.
Under the program, partners who sign adaptation deals between November 1 and December 31, 2026, and prioritize distribution within the WeChat ecosystem will each receive an additional cash incentive equal to five percent of the monetization revenue generated in the first 30 days after release, with no cap.
6. Live assistant debuts on WeChat Channels
Accessible from the top-right corner of the livestreaming interface, the live assistant recommends topics and background music based on the mood of the stream, sends alerts for key interactions such as comments and virtual gifts, and analyzes stream data to suggest improvements.
7. WeChat Channels unveils creator support program
The new creator support program offers tailored assistance to both emerging and established creators. As part of the initiative, high-quality videos of 10 minutes or longer will get wider distribution across the platform, plus extra promotion reserved for long-form content.
8. WeChat Channels enhances original content protection
Creators who mark their short videos as original may now have their account name and profile picture shown when other accounts reuse the videos.
Author | He Fengyu
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