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Whether users want to send voice messages or text, they can do it with one click.

This feature is indeed much better compared to QQ, which only allows text chat.

After chatting for a few more sentences, since class was about to start, the third brother was ready to chat with his mom later.

"Then I'll get busy too. From now on, let's chat using WeChat. You can send me messages whenever you have time."

After hearing her son's words, the third brother's mom also spoke.

Afterward,

After exiting the chat interface, the third brother excitedly said to the others,

"Guys, this software is really good, very easy to use, especially for some middle-aged and elderly people."

"You can really download one and try it, then have your parents download one too. This way, you basically won't need to make phone calls anymore."

Although they weren't very interested in WeChat because they had QQ,

the process of the third brother voice chatting with his mom just now had been watched by the eldest brother and the others.

Although most of their friends used QQ,

few of their family members knew how to use QQ, and they usually only relied on phone calls for communication.

And this software indeed gave them a very good option.

So, not long after,

everyone in this dormitory basically downloaded the WeChat software, and they also shared this software with their elders and parents at home.

As the third brother experienced the convenience of WeChat,

the number of WeChat downloads in major app stores continued to increase.

In just a few hours,

the number of registered WeChat users had already exceeded one million.

This number, for the current internet market in Yan Country, was actually not too good.

Many software downloads exceeding two to three million or three to four million in a few hours were normal.

However, WeChat only had one million registrations in the first instance.

Moreover,

this was also because WeChat had already had great popularity online before.

There was only one reason why WeChat's current registration volume was not high.

That was,

this was an online instant messaging software.

Most people who used chat software were loyal users of QQ, and they had no reason whatsoever to download WeChat.

So, for WeChat to achieve this result was already quite good.

And most of these users who registered and entered WeChat basically discovered the difference between WeChat and QQ in the first instance, and also experienced the convenience of WeChat.

However, relying on these to retain users was far from enough.

To change the usage habits of these QQ users would be a very long journey.

And in the first instance, WeChat did not target these young people.

WeChat's initial direction was those middle-aged and elderly people who did not use QQ but had smartphones.

So, after WeChat was launched, there were no WeChat advertisements in places with many young people.

That was because,

WeChat's promotion direction was not here in the first place.

It could even be said that,

WeChat's current promotion direction completely abandoned the youth market.

At the same time,

within Penguin Group.

The moment WeChat was launched,

many senior executives of Penguin Group also downloaded WeChat to experience it immediately.

And after a simple period of experience,

everyone at Penguin Group came to the same conclusion:

WeChat indeed had its merits, but it was still far from catching up to QQ.

Although WeChat had been launched at this time,

in the short term, no one realized WeChat's potential!

Chapter 107: What Ma thinks of WeChat, preparing to copy the voice function!

Inside Penguin Group.

In Ma's office.

"Have you all used WeChat?"

Ma looked at the people who had just entered his office and slowly spoke.

Facing Ma's question, everyone nodded.

"When WeChat first started its public beta, we registered accounts and tried it."

Li Wenqiu said.

"So what do you all think of this software?"

Ma looked at everyone.

"It certainly has some merits, and the interface is much simpler than our QQ."

"The voice chat function it launched is also something our QQ doesn't have."

"But that's all there is to it."

"As for adding friends through the contact list, that's a failure. Since users already have the other person's phone number, why would they bother adding another friend?"

Zheng Haidi's tone was quite relaxed. After trying WeChat, he still didn't take WeChat seriously.

As for what Wang Mo said,

that this software could change the so-called internet landscape, he didn't believe it at all.

And it wasn't just him; almost everyone else in Ma's office at this time had the same thought.

Although WeChat's ease of use and some other operations were much simpler than QQ, and voice chat was indeed a very useful feature, it was still wishful thinking to catch up to QQ with just that.

As for the function of adding friends through the contact list, no one paid any attention to it.

After Zheng Haidi finished speaking, Li Wenqiu, who was beside him, also nodded.

"And I just went to check; Junzi Group hasn't released a PC version of this WeChat, only a mobile version."

"This decision is undoubtedly a huge problem."

"Many of our current QQ users are still accustomed to logging into QQ on their computers, and the PC end is also a large platform that cannot be ignored, but WeChat actually doesn't have a PC version; it's too backward."

"However,"

Li Wenqiu looked at Ma.

"I've initially collected some discussions about WeChat on the internet. Although WeChat has only been launched for a few hours, it has indeed received a lot of positive reviews. Among these positive reviews, the most frequent mention is WeChat's voice chat, and some QQ users have already expressed hope that we will launch this feature."

Listening to Li Wenqiu's words, Ma smiled and nodded.

"This is also why I called you all here."

"My expectation for WeChat is that before it is defeated and delisted by our QQ, it can give us some ideas to modify QQ."

Although he didn't think WeChat could threaten QQ's position at all,

Ma was still very much looking forward to what new changes WeChat could launch.

Just like the King before.

Every new feature launched by King greatly improved the fun of the game itself.

It was just that last time, they didn't pay attention to King's changes in the first instance, and thus lost the initiative.

And now,

they could immediately copy the better features from WeChat.