Yesterday, Android WeChat 8.0.41 was officially released. After this update, the version number has been synchronized with the latest version of iOS WeChat, and the functions have also been upgraded synchronously. The personal test experience found that there are many new changes in this update of Android WeChat.
1. The "Music and Audio" function can be turned off
In WeChat "Me-Settings-General-Music and Audio", a new switch of "Show this function in recent times" has been added.
After turning off this feature, the "Music and Audio" section will no longer be displayed when pulling down the WeChat chat list page.
2. The Mini Program page has been completely revised
After entering the "Mini Program" from the WeChat "Discovery" page, the page has been completely revised. The Recently Used, Frequently Used, My Mini Programs and other sections are reduced to a single line.
After clicking the "Portrait" button in the upper right corner, the personal center page has also been optimized, in addition to viewing information such as Mini Program authorization, a display switch for "Common Mini Programs" has been added.
3. Incoming ringtones can be added to the playlist
In WeChat "Me-Settings-New Message Notification-Ringtone-History", click "···" in the upper right corner of the page, the "Add to My Playlist" option will appear, after adding, you can add or create a new playlist in the WeChat Music Player.
4. The "Ask a Question" Q&A invitation is closed
In the "Privacy and Function Management" at the bottom of the WeChat "Search and Search" page, a new switch of "Receive Q&A invitation" has been added. When turned off, you will no longer be recommended for Q&A.
5. Optimization of image editing function
When you long press the picture in WeChat to enter editing, the "mosaic" function has replaced the new icon, and the "eraser" function has been added, and the use of long pressing the picture will also show mosaic smearing marks, and support one-click quick removal of mosaic.
6. "My Address" has supported automatic identification
Click the avatar on the WeChat "Me" page to enter the "Personal Information" page, and when adding an address in "My Address", "Paste and Identify Address" is added, and when pasting content with address information, the content can be automatically identified and pasted into the corresponding information.
7. Channels supports publishing audio content
A new "Audio" publishing portal has been added to the Channels homepage, allowing creators to upload audio files locally or extract audio from previous videos for publishing.
8. The "Read Aloud" function of the article is renamed and iconized
Click "···" in the upper right corner of the article page After that, the "Read Aloud" function in the pop-up menu bar has been renamed "Listen to Full Text", the icon shape has been changed from "Microphone" to "Headphones", and the function icon under the article title has also been changed.
9. The "Pin" function of Moments is fully online
Open any previously published news in the Moments album and click "···" in the upper right corner , you can see the new "Pin" function button. After clicking the button, the Moments dynamic will be displayed at the top of your Moments interface, supporting multiple Moments at the same time.
10. Chat messages load smoothly
When swiping up and down the WeChat chat window to browse historical messages, the loading content is no longer stuttering, it becomes super silky and smooth, and the experience has been greatly improved.
Some time ago, the iOS version of WeChat has also been updated to the official version of 8.0.41, which is roughly the same as the update function of Android WeChat.