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Chat Application from China, WeChat, getting more and more popular. With a wide array of multimedia features are sophisticated, WeChat already reach more than 100 million users of various countries. Chat Application from China, WeChat, getting more and more popular. With a wide array of multimedia features are sophisticated, WeChat already reach more than 100 million users in different countries.

WeChat application developed by Tencent Technology Shenzhen company, China, it can be used with smart phone users operating system iOS (AppStore), Android (Google's Play), Windows Phone (Marketplace), and Symbian. This application is supported Wi-Fi networks as well as 3 g and 4 g data network.

This application was first launched in China, Weixin, January 2011, but it's time for a new society of China. International users can utilize the new WeChat after Tencent provides support multiple languages in October 2011. Until March 2012, Tencent CEO Ma Huateng, according to, the number of users WeChat has reached over 100 million.

Indonesia entrepreneur who frequently to China, Calvin Lukmantara, told Kompas, Saturday (28/8/2012), when he was in China, he saw how the chat application is very popular beat QQ. application in China, says Calvin, BlackBerry Messenger and even unpopular. "I am new to WeChat after to China. First I use the application, but apparently QQ lost popular than WeChat new one year appeared in China, "says Calvin Lukmantara.

WeChat extending application developer chats to different countries by providing a number of languages, in addition to the Chinese and the United Kingdom, as well as Hindi, Arabic, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

Earlier we would ever know there are applications like chat, IM, Whatsapp, Plus eBuddy, BlackBerry Messenger, GoogleTalk, iMessage, and others. But, what are the advantages compared to WeChat chat application that ever existed?

These brief conversation applications can be used via text, voice, image, and video. WeChat provides HD video call for free. Group chat can also share photos privately.

Well, that was interesting, we can add new friends from around the world in a way to wiggle the handset. Direct search for friends on WeChat also Whisk your phone. Compass already tried it several times and finds friends from Manila to Milan, Italy.

We can also find friends nearby and location (e.g. around Jakarta) by clicking on the "Look Around".

Registration application is very easy. Get through the Facebook account or via mobile phone numbers. Well, we can also find a fella that equally uses both WeChat and friends Facebook friends listed in the contacts list on your mobile phone.

Another advantage of the application WeChat is a fellow can send voice messages. This means for the elderly who are already difficult to type on mobile phones can utilize WeChat to its full potential. Only with "Hold to Talk", we've been sending voice messages.

WeChat has features that express emotions, as well as congratulations.

WeChat can also provide a map of our location in real time by clicking on the Location, send business cards (Name Card), send photos (Photo), send photos back then with recent photograph with a Camera, and do a Video Call.

Currently many people in Indonesia are utilizing their smart phone WeChat. However, in the near future is expected to boom in applications WeChat , Indonesia can even shift the popularity of BlackBerry Messenger. Multimedia features are available in the We Chat is the value added that is promising. Moreover, WeChat can be used in different operating systems. Well, you've tried WeChat?

KOMPAS