The latest progress of Tencent and Alibaba's "interconnection": Taobao is testing WeChat payment and supports screenshot jump

"Interconnection and interoperability" has made new progress. IT Home colleagues found that after placing an order on the Taobao App, WeChat Pay can be selected as the payment method, but it is a bit troublesome.

As you can see from the picture below, on the order submission interface, you can use the QR code provided by Taobao to make a WeChat payment, but unfortunately it does not support automatic redirection, so you still need to take a screenshot and manually open WeChat to scan the code. It is worth mentioning that Taobao is worried that some users do not know how to recognize the QR code of the local album, and it has also provided a tutorial.

In addition to Alipay and WeChat QR code payment, you can also copy the link and go to WeChat to ask your friends to help you pay, which is very convenient for the elderly and minors.

Of course, this feature is still in the internal testing stage and is expected to be expanded to more user groups in the near future, so stay tuned!

In January this year, the interconnection between WeChat and Taobao began to have a qualitative breakthrough. The personal dialog box already supports sharing and opening Taobao product links without displaying passwords, and purchases can be completed directly without jumping to the Taobao App (entering the Alipay password).

In addition, you can directly enter the Taobao webpage by typing "taobao.com" in the personal dialog box, and complete the purchase directly according to the above process without jumping out of the environment. However, although WeChat Moments can also fully display product links and descriptions, after clicking on the link, it will still prompt you to open it through a browser.

In addition to the Taobao App, the links to the Xianyu App and Douyin e-commerce can also be opened directly in the WeChat dialog box. In addition to the personal dialog box, Taobao links can also be opened in the WeChat group chat dialog box.

In response, a Tencent official said: WeChat already supported open interoperability at the end of November. A person familiar with Taobao's business also said: This function has been online for some time.

In September 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology required that all platforms must unblock URL links according to the standards before September 17. At the end of November 2021, WeChat issued the "Update Statement on the WeChat External Link Content Management Specifications", which mentioned: External links will be directly accessible in point-to-point chat scenarios, and the direct access function of e-commerce external links will be trialed in group chat scenarios.