The “All-in-One” social communication application, WeChat has announced two new updates – “WeChatGames with version 5.1 release” and “AskMe Official Account on WeCha”.
WeChat Games on Version 5.1 includes four games which have been rolled out – “GunZ Dash”, “2Day’s Match”, “Craz3 Match” and “Pencil Pilot”. Users can discover the games on WeChat and can download on their smartphones separately from the respective platform App stores. WeChat users can play the games, share their scores, post their achievements and invite their friends to join the excitement.
Nilay Arora, Vice-President, Marketing & Business Development, 10c India Internet Private Ltd., said, “WeChat is a global pioneer in creating an ecosystem of user communication, value- added by richer experiences of Games, Interactive services on top of Official Accounts and more. The launch of WeChat Games on Version 5.1 is a step towards creating deeper engagements within the platform for users and their friends.”
He added, “The AskMe Search Official Account is a fantastic utility for WeChat users as now they can do free location-specific, text-based local searches on their smartphones anywhere while they are using WeChat. We hope this will add value for our users and build a deeper engagement within WeChat ecosystem.”
WeChat has also announced its partnership with AskMe with the launch of “Official Account – AskMe Search” on WeChat. As a part of partnership, WeChat users will be able to access online information on SMEs across local search, deals and classifieds through their WeChat application. People can post their classifieds through voice apart from web and mobile and these ads will now be available to WeChat users in India. AskMe will also provide information on the trending restaurants, deals of the day.
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WeChat launches Games; announces partnership with “AskMe†Search
