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发帖数: 3436 | 1 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tencent-trump-wechat/chinas-tencent-
rebrands-wechat-work-app-ahead-of-trump-ban-idUSKBN2691D7
China's Tencent rebrands WeChat work app ahead of Trump ban
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings 0700.HK has
changed the name of its WeChat Work office collaboration app to WeCom,
setting it up as a potential alternative to its messaging app WeChat ahead
of a U.S. ban.
FILE PHOTO: The messenger app WeChat is seen among U.S. flags in this
illustration picture taken Aug. 7, 2020. REUTERS/Florence Lo
Tencent, registered the WeCom trademark on Aug. 19, according to the United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
Two Tencent sources said WeCom does not fall under the scope of a ban on
WeChat-related transactions in the United States from Sept. 20, one of a
series of U.S. measures cracking down on Chinese tech firms and apps that
Washington says are threats to national security.
Tencent declined to comment.
WeChat is an all-in-one mobile app that combines messaging, social media,
payment functions and other services. Its so-called super app is all but
essential for daily life in China and boasts more than a billion users.
In the United States, WeChat is widely used by Chinese expats and others to
communicate with friends and associates in China. It has an average of 19
million daily active users in the United States, according to analytics firm
Apptopia.
After downloading WeCom, users can now link their WeChat account to it and
add their WeChat contacts, a Reuters test showed. WeCom users can then
message, create chat groups, and even receive virtual money from WeChat
friends without their WeChat contacts having to download WeCom.
There was no indication that Tencent has actively promoted WeCom in the
United States. There has also been no surge in downloads of WeCom in recent
weeks, according to Sensor Tower.
WECOM WORKAROUND
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is set to release regulations by Sunday
clarifying which WeChat transactions will be prohibited under President
Donald Trump’s executive order.
On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said Ross did not plan to target
persons or groups who only download or use WeChat to convey personal or
business information.
Tencent staff in the United States have historically used WeChat Work to
communicate with the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen. Tencent has at
least 250 U.S.-based employees.
Trump’s Aug. 6 announcement of the ban on transactions related to WeChat
caused a spike in downloads of WeChat and alternative apps by U.S. residents
. A group of WeChat users has also sued to block the ban.
The WeCom mobile app has been gaining popularity in China, where downloads
in the first part of September rose 74% from about 690,000 during the first
16 days of August. Downloads were 158% higher than the same period a year
ago.
But the app has gained little traction in the United States. New U.S.
installs so far in September stand at about 3,000, unchanged from the same
period in August and up from 1,000 during the first part of September last
year.
Nina Wei, a Chinese entrepreneur in Seattle, said she used WeCom mostly to
connect with business contacts in China but hadn’t used it much recently as
a number of projects had fallen apart amid deteriorating Sino-U.S.
relations.
She was unaware that WeCom was a potential workaround.
“I haven’t connected my WeCom to my WeChat yet as I was hoping to keep my
work life and private life separate.”
Reporting by Pei Li in Hong Kong; Additional Reporting by Jane Lanhee Lee in
San Francisco; Editing by David Clarke
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | | W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | | G*********e
发帖数: 2091 | 4 We communist? We come? LOL
【在 W*****B 的大作中提到】
: 为啥不叫WeCum？
| a********r
发帖数: 4013 | | f******t
发帖数: 19544 | | l**a
发帖数: 11 | 7 没看懂，是说应该现在去下载？
After downloading WeCom, users can now link their WeChat account to it and
add their WeChat contacts, a Reuters test showed. WeCom users can then
message, create chat groups, and even receive virtual money from WeChat
friends without their WeChat contacts having to download WeCom. | d*******y
发帖数: 2710 | | W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 9 快去试一下啊
【在 l**a 的大作中提到】
: 没看懂，是说应该现在去下载？
: After downloading WeCom, users can now link their WeChat account to it and
: add their WeChat contacts, a Reuters test showed. WeCom users can then
: message, create chat groups, and even receive virtual money from WeChat
: friends without their WeChat contacts having to download WeCom.
| W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 10 可能就是类似QQ，可以把两个账户绑定链接
【在 l**a 的大作中提到】
: 没看懂，是说应该现在去下载？
: After downloading WeCom, users can now link their WeChat account to it and
: add their WeChat contacts, a Reuters test showed. WeCom users can then
: message, create chat groups, and even receive virtual money from WeChat
: friends without their WeChat contacts having to download WeCom.
| z*******o
发帖数: 1794 | 11 试了，确实互通，可以直接邀请所有的微信联系人，但你得人家接受你，看不了朋友圈。
【在 W*****B 的大作中提到】
: 快去试一下啊
| l******t
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