Day two of WeChat tips and tricks. We’re using Version 5 for the iOS (Apple) so our photos might differ from yours but the basics should be the same.
How to block someone on WeChat
1. Go to your contact list and press on the profile of the person you want to block.
2. Look for the three dots up on the top right:
You can block from your contact list or from People Nearby. See the three dots?
2. After you press the dots, this will come up. Choose Block.
Choose block and then confirm it. That contact can’t see you now at all.
3.
See? They can’t send you a message and they won’t see your Moments. Cool huh?
Social is now named ‘Discover’. Look Around is now ‘People Nearby’. We kind of liked Look Around, it sounded cooler.
Social is now Discover, Look Around is now ‘People Nearby’.
Sticker Shop is available from your profile page.
Sticker Shop. Don’t expect too much.Maybe these names lost something when they were translated. We think we could do a better job.Are these worth spending money on? Really?
Sticker pricing isn’t bad but we can’t imagine anyone using these.
Under a buck but underwhelming too.
That’s it for today. We don’t want to make these posts too long. You’re busy, it’s summer, we have a new Galaxy Tab 2 to test so we’re off to do that. Comments, questions, observations are all welcome.
If you’ haven’t heard of WeChat (Weixin in China), you really should get out more! WeChat, put out by Tencent Holdings in Shenzhen, China, has taken most of the world by storm. Fast, fun and free, it’s undoubtedly the best way to keep in touch with friends by text, voice, video or even group video chat. Download the free app for your mobile device here: WeChat website Depending on your platform, WeChat’s features may vary somewhat, but if you use an Android or iOS product, you’ll get the best experience. WeChat is available for the following devices: Android, iOS (Apple), Windows, Blackberry, and for Nokia S40/Symbian.
WeChat recently released updated versions for the Apple , Windows and Nokia devices. In this post, we’re going to give you a rundown of some of the new features on the iOS (Apple) platform. In our next few posts we’ll show you some tricks to make your experience a bit more fun…and safe. Let’s go:
WeChat is, indeed, the New Chat. It’s chat redefined.
1. In a blatant (and silly) attempt to make some money from WeChat, they’ve started to sell animated stickers from what they call ‘The Sticker Shop”.
The Sticker Shop is available from your profile page. Groups of stickers are $0.99.
2. Version 5 for iOS allows you to save (copy) bits or chats or sections of the Moments that you see on WeChat.
We’ll show you how this works in another post. Stay tuned!
3. We’re not sure how this next one works so we’ll have to investigate it a bit. Sometimes, probably because of the language difference, things are lost in translation. Looks like fun, however.
Hold Together. We’ll let you know what we figure out.
4. Swipe and tap. If you’re in the middle of a few chats, you can now swipe to go back to the main chat menu or, better yet, tap Chats to go through open chats one by one.
These two are handy if you chat with many people at the same time.
WeChat for Android, probably one of the biggest platforms for it, hasn’t be updated yet but we’ll be sure to share its new upgrade when it’s ready. Next time, we’ll take a look at some of the new stickers as well as some of the blocking systems that are in place. We get quite a few questions on the various privacy issues so we’ll try to clarify all of that for you.
Thanks for reading!
a little bit of hi-tech, a little bit of common sense and a lot of fun
