WeChat seems to have accelerated the pace of updates recently.
Not only iOS WeChat has been updated again after a week, but Android WeChat also recently received the 8.0.25 internal beta update, which brings a wave of new features.
In addition to these version updates, grayscale testing of new features seems to be the main theme of WeChat recently.
Some time ago, WeChat quietly expanded the test scope of the "big and small account" function. More users can register a new WeChat account through a mobile phone number.
At the same time, WeChat is also testing the new function of sending 99 chat pictures at the same time in grayscale, breaking the previous limitation of only sending 9 pictures at a time.
Recently, another user discovered that WeChat quietly launched a new feature in the circle of friends.
Some users found a new option called "With whom" at the bottom of the page for posting to Moments.
According to the function introduction, when sending a circle of friends, you can mark friends through the "Who are you with" function and save them as shared memories.
Friends who are tagged together will receive a reminder, and the content of this circle of friends will be saved in the shared memories in the upper right corner of the album of the two people's circle of friends.
Judging from the screenshots reported by netizens, after marking friends to create shared memories, an icon representing this function will appear in the upper right corner of the circle of friends.
Speaking of which, the icon in the upper right corner of the Moments circle has indeed not changed for many years. It is quite novel to suddenly have a new function icon.
is currently unclear about more details of this function, such as whether the memory will still be displayed in the other party's circle of friends after unilaterally deleting a shared memory.
But to be honest, if a couple quarreled and broke up, it would be quite awkward if the shared memories previously posted cannot be deleted unilaterally.
Of course, this function is not limited to saving memories between couples. For example, after traveling with friends, the circle of friends recorded on the trip can be saved together as memories.
Currently, this function is in a small-scale grayscale test, and only some users can use it.
As for what kind of gameplay the "Shared Memories" function can expand in the future, we still need to wait for everyone to experience it after the function is officially launched.
Interested friends, please go to Moments now to see if you have been grayscaled.
It is worth mentioning that QQ has previously launched a similar function called "Photo Circle".
After entering the web version of QQ space , select a photo in the album and click "..." to see the "Enclose People" option.
After selecting a friend in the list, the other party is considered to be "trapped". After
, other users can click on this photo to directly enter the QQ space of the circled user, further deepening the interaction.
At the same time, in the QQ space of the circled user, there will also be an interactive module dedicated to displaying the "photos I was circled". Other users can also click on this photo to jump to the QQ space of the original owner of the photo.
Overall, the "Photo Circle" function is very similar to the "Shared Memories" function that WeChat is currently testing internally.
However, this function can no longer be found in QQ space. It is not clear whether it has been offline or has a new display form.
Friends who know this function must have been online for at least ten years.
Judging from the update trajectory of WeChat in the past two years, there are many things that can be fully borrowed from QQ, such as the group file function previously launched.
Although QQ and WeChat are the same company and there is no such thing as plagiarism, Xiaoguo felt that since he wanted to learn from it, it would be better to get it right at once.
For example, the QQ voice progress bar, which has been widely praised, is a feature that many WeChat users are looking forward to.
also has the CallKit function that was previously tested in QQ, but WeChat has also been missing.
But then again, although WeChat’s updates in the past two years have been relatively conservative, as a national app used by a large number of users, it is impossible to satisfy everyone.
We might as well give the development team some time and look forward to WeChat bringing us more practical new features in the future.
What new features are you looking forward to in WeChat? See you in the comments section.
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