WeChat PC version updated! New features saved countless workers

Since the official release of WeChat 3.9.9 for Windows, WeChat for PC has accumulated a lot of updates. Let's take a look at what practical functions WeChat for PC has updated.

A while ago, Xiao Lei talked with his friends about the latest updates of WeChat versions on Android and iOS.

Judging from Xiaolei’s own experience and everyone’s comments, the reputation of the first updates of the new year on these two platforms is still OK.

After all, the new year brings new hope, and WeChat’s update of practical functions is a good start and will give everyone something to look forward to this year.

The long-awaited voice progress bar, chat cloud backup, and secondary editing of Moments... are coming soon?

Of course, in addition to Android and iOS, we cannot ignore the efforts made by WeChat to update and upgrade on the PC side.

Just on January 19, WeChat 3.9.9 for Windows was officially released. Since then, WeChat for PC has accumulated a lot of updates.

Xiao Lei counted on his fingers and realized that it has been a long time since I talked to you all about the performance of WeChat on the PC.

Moreover, PC WeChat is still a major office tool for many friends, and its practical functions are worth digging into~

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1. Video call experience optimization

Compared with the unchanging update log of WeChat on mobile phones, the official version 3.9.9 of WeChat for PC appears to be much more detailed and specific.

First of all, the latest version of WeChat for PC has optimized the video call experience.

Xiao Lei doesn’t often make video calls on his computer, but after trying it a few times, he feels that the call process is more stable.

In general, the main experience is in picture quality and sound quality, and the call quality is indeed much better than the previous older versions.

Moreover, the interface style and operation of video calls are more similar to WeChat on mobile phones, so the learning cost is lower when getting started.

For those who need to hold simple video conferences, the efficiency and experience of meetings will be improved in the future.

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2. Added extraction and translation functions for Chinese characters in pictures

Whether you are chatting with friends or handing over work to colleagues, copying and pasting on WeChat must be a frequent occurrence.

Especially for some sentences and paragraphs in pictures, sometimes I can only type them out with both hands, which is not only time-consuming but also prone to errors.

Therefore, the newly added function of "extracting and translating texts from pictures" in WeChat really pleases Xiao Lei.

Open the picture and click the "Extract Text" button on the toolbar above the picture. The text extracted from the picture will appear on the right side of the picture and we can copy it.

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The translation operation is the same. Click the "Translate" button to translate English into Chinese, and click the "Translate" button again to display the original text.

Of course, there is still room for improvement. Xiao Lei has a small suggestion: it would be better if the original text and the translation could appear at the same time for easy comparison.

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In addition, the latest version of WeChat has also made a wave of optimizations for "Traditional Chinese", and the text recognition rate has also increased.

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3. When inviting friends to join the group, you can share the chat history in the group

If you invite friends to a group chat, there must be something going on. Maybe there is something big you want to share, or you have work materials to hand over.

The previous operation was very simple and down-to-earth, which was to merge all the required chat records and transfer them to the friends who had just joined the group.

Not only does it take up more computer storage space, but tapping on each chat bubble one by one also takes a lot of finger effort.

When inviting friends to join a group, the new version of PC WeChat can share the chat history in the group at the first time for friends to view.

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The specific operation is not difficult. When inviting a friend to join the group, select "Share chat content" and you will be redirected to the sharing page.

Just scroll the mouse upwards on the page below and you can directly select the chat content without having to keep clicking the left button.

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In addition, the latest version of WeChat for PC also supports inviting other people to join in a single chat, and can also share chat history.

In other words, if you want to share the chat history with friend A with friend B, just add them and then share.

WeChat knows how to improve efficiency, eliminating the need to create a group, add friends, and then share chat records.

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4. Group owners or group administrators can pin messages in the group

Another feature that is also used in WeChat groups is that "the group owner or group administrator can pin messages in the group to the top."

The group owner or group administrator can choose to pin the message record in the group. Right-click the message and click "Pin".

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The pinning effect is as shown below, which is quite conspicuous. There is a "Remove" button behind the message to facilitate removal management operations.

In fact, this function has long been available on WeChat on mobile phones, and now it has also been added to WeChat on PC, so there is no need to switch back to the phone to operate it.

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5. Added emoticon search function in chat

WeChat chats on mobile phones have input method picture battles. In comparison, WeChat picture battles on PC are a bit less interesting.

But WeChat is very powerful, and it has also provided the PC WeChat with the function of "searching for new emoticons in chat".

Look, click the emoticon icon in the chat window, enter the secondary interface and you can see a small search box icon.

By entering the emoticon keyword, you can search for related emoticon packages. If that doesn’t work, you can also choose to synthesize emoticons.

WeChat, you understand the needs of the emoji party~

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6. The "Lock" function is here

The lock function of the Mac version of WeChat has always been the envy of Windows users. Well, this function was finally launched in June last year!

Xiao Lei is not rehashing old stuff, there are indeed some friends who haven’t paid attention to it, so let’s go over it briefly today.

There are two ways to lock the WeChat chat window.

One is the lock function in the lower left corner menu of WeChat. When you click it, it will display "Windows WeChat has been locked."

The main feature is that we can actively lock the chat window before leaving the computer to avoid privacy leakage.

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The second is to click on the top option above the WeChat message chat list on your mobile phone and manually select "Unlocked" to lock it.

This has a wide range of applications. You can lock it anytime and anywhere. It is cross-regional and cross-time, which is more convenient.

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Regardless of the locking method, once PC WeChat is locked, it can only be unlocked using the mobile phone that is logged in to the WeChat account.

We can request WeChat unlocking on the computer, or actively unlock it on the phone, which ensures maximum privacy.

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We have talked so much without realizing it. Although the PC WeChat function experience this time is not all the latest version, the overall experience is still worth sharing with friends.

After all, PC WeChat is not like mobile WeChat, which has a wave of feature-rich upgrades from time to time, and it often takes some time to talk about it.

The above are the PC WeChat functions that Xiaolei has used frequently and found useful in the past six months. I wonder if you have discovered anything else? Welcome to leave a message to add to it.

In general, WeChat is still very diligent. After the Android and iOS versions are updated, PC WeChat is also quickly upgraded.

Editor: Jonty

Source: Xiaolei Bibi (ID: xiaoleibbb), bibi about things in the technology circle every day.

Original title: WeChat update! New features save countless workers