Can you get rockets by reading articles? Experience two major new features of WeChat

Friends who are familiar with WeChat know that, apart from "fixing some known issues" day after day, almost all new features of WeChat have to be discovered by ourselves. Recently, WeChat has started to upgrade again, and as usual, it has brought two changes that are not in the update list, and these two changes are definitely "heavyweight"!

WeChat has been updated again! This time it brings two major features

1. Send a rocket

We have to admit that WeChat lags behind others in many areas, especially when the live broadcast platform became popular, WeChat's original ecosystem was hit hard. For example, sending gifts is now common on various live broadcast platforms.

Especially when you want to attract the attention of a certain anchor, sending a "big rocket" can make your wish come true in minutes.

A dazzling "big rocket" on a live streaming platform

This "skill" has now also been learned by WeChat. Since there is no live broadcast room yet, the setting of WeChat's "big rocket" seems a bit strange.

When we click "Discover" → "Take a look" → "Friends are reading", we will see some articles recommended by friends. If we click "Friend's Nickname", a newly added panel will pop up.

In addition to the "rocket", there are also icons such as "heart", "flowers", and "cow". Click the icon and the gift will be sent.

The new version of WeChat "Take a Look" adds the gift-giving function

So how can the other party see the gift? Don’t think too much. It’s unrealistic to have rockets running all over the screen. The actual situation is that there will be a reminder sign on the “Take a look” icon. When you open it, it will be a reminder of receiving an “interactive message”. When you open it again, it will say “XXX thanks you for watching” and so on.

As for full screen, marquee, etc., don't think about it for now.

This is the interface when the other party receives the gift, a bit low-level!

2. Group Live Broadcast

If you find this icon in your group panel, then congratulations, it means you can directly initiate a live broadcast to other members in the group.

This function is located on the second screen of the function page. Just click the "+" in the lower right corner and swipe left once.

Group live broadcast function

Compared with other online live broadcast platforms, WeChat group live broadcast has relatively simple functions, with only the most basic buttons such as microphone connection, likes, and comments. Functions such as beauty and gift sending that are common in online platforms are not supported for the time being. However, WeChat's actions are never groundless.

There have been news about the gradual opening of WeChat stores. I believe that live streaming should be the main direction of WeChat in the next step.

Note: It should be noted that this function is currently only open to certain groups, and the highest opening rate should be in the education group.

If there is no such button in your group panel, don't worry. This is just because the group has not yet reached the trial standard and it should be gradually opened later.

Summarize

The two features launched by WeChat this time basically hint that the next step will be to enter the field of live streaming sales. Combined with the previous information on this aspect on the Internet, the reliability of this guess is quite high. In general, the new version of WeChat is becoming more and more powerful in terms of functions. Do you like it?