![]() ![]() Users can then make orders to Taobao without leaving WeChat, although WeChat Pay is still excluded as a method of payment for such purchases, showing the resistance Taobao has to this new cross-platform operation. Meanwhile, there do not seem to be any updates from Taobao’s side regarding a further open-up to WeChat, with users still having to copy the sharable link in Taobao and paste it to WeChat. The team at WeChat responded to this issue, stating that functional coverage “will take a certain amount of time”, and will be fully covered over the coming two days. ![]() Some Chinese netizens have also run personal tests and reported that external links still do not open in WeChat on their devices. With this move forced upon them, it also offers the potential of gaining new users via the synergy between competing apps. Such practice would be based on “ensuring security and user experience”, as Tencent stated in an official announcement. WeChat, China’s instant messaging app (developed by Tencent), released an update note on Monday (29 November) night, announcing that the platform, “will begin to update the external link management measures from now on, and external links will be directly opened in the one-to-one chat scene” as a response to the Chinese government’s push for interoperability among tech firms in the country.Įxternal links shared from Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Taobao, and the Chinese version of TikTok (Douyin), are now accessible from WeChat without a “risk warning” page.
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