WECHAT’S LATEST VERSION 4.5 ROPES IN A WALKIE-TALKIE LIVE CHAT FEATURE!

Kuala Lumpur, 12 February 2013 – WeChat wishes to be a part of your New Year of the Snake, 2013 by announcing its latest WeChat Version 4.5 completed with innovated new features without a miss of fun and entertainment! With an update that allows users to experience a walkie-talkie-alike group chat feature, WeChat V4.5 aims to be your communicator at any time and place, enhanced with security alerts and privacy optimization.

Over! Over! WeChat Real-Time Walkie-Talkie Feature is here!
With WeChat’s latest V4.5 Walkie-Talkie Group Chat feature, communication would be faster, easier and much more fun when you interact with your friends and family via the group voice chat in the voice chat room – as simple as a once-touch action! This real-time voice chat room is so similar to walkie-talkies that even with your smartphone screen locked; you can still enjoy the live chats. While live chats are ongoing, you can also play games such as “Solitaire Lyrics” and “Guess the Song”.

“The Year of the Snake is a year for all things possible but with a precaution of saving money and being thrifty. We want WeChat V4.5 to be a part of that in helping you make your group communication absolutely free. Our new features are also aimed at bringing you and your loved ones together from all over the globe with just a click of a button in an entertaining and fun platform. We always strive to achieve the best user experiences through innovative development and the V4.5 is the perfect start to the Year of the Snake,” said Mr. Louis Song, Country Manager for Malaysia and Singapore in Tencent’s International Business Group.

This new innovative feature, which design is also patented by WeChat can also be widely used in different occasions – whether travelling with family and friends or planning a proposal with your colleagues at work. For instance, the Walkie-Talkie Group Chat feature brings much convenience within a group during their drives on road trips. The conventional walkie-talkie seldom functions on highways but with WeChat’s new feature, problems of such are avoidable as it will run effectively on data usage. Companies are also engaging in WeChat’s Walkie-Talkie Group Chat feature for annual meetings as managements enjoy the fast and convenient real-time communication.

WeChat Voice Reminder Feature
WeChat V4.5 introduced a Voice Reminder feature to help you keep all activities intact. Apart from that, the Shake feature has been innovated where you can now shake for songs – all of which will be experienced with a newly self-defined interface for a lighter and faster interacting user experience.

Industry insiders commented that in view of the speed with WeChat’s accumulative users’ structure and product innovation, WeChat V4.5 is the beginning of a thorough penetration in the voice feature. It is learned that the totality of the speech recognition system in the new Voice Reminder feature is wholly originated and self-developed by WeChat in which WeChat aims to trigger future development in this sector. You can also put on your entertaining spirit with WeChat 4.5 Chinese New Year Top 10 Tips including “Group Chat Killing Game” and “Shake for Lucky Draw”.

WeChat Gives You Worry-Free Interaction with Upgraded Privacy & Security Settings
The concerns for privacy and security issues in an open mobile messaging space is now minimized with WeChat V4.5’s upgrade in privacy and security settings. Many of us today have an endless list of contacts in our smartphones with a limited amount to which we frequently interact with. Privacy issues often happen when people take this as an advantage to be acquainted with users in disguise. Some of the upgraded and enhanced features from WeChat V4.5 include “Shake for Security Alert” where users are educated with security precautions when adding new friends. This enables a safer platform for adding of friends on WeChat and is a more flexible way for the user personally.

Supported on Wi-Fi, 3G, and 4G data networks, WeChat is an extension to its users’ social life with creativity, entertainment, flexibility and convenience all in one application; and is ready to help you with a new way to connect with your loved ones this festive season. The social networking mobile application is now available on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Symbian and BlackBerry platforms, but only iOS and Android currently support the latest V4.5, and in up to 17 languages including English, Chinese, Indonesian, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese and Russian.

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