According to Weifeng.com, there is a relatively unremarkable small change in the iOS 7.0.16 beta version pushed by WeChat.
If the user selects the language option as English, they will find that the prompt message at the top of the WeChat main interface has been replaced from “Wechat” to “Weixin”, and “WeChat ID” has also become “Weixin ID”, and “WeChat Pay” Cancel the keyword “Wechat” and only keep “Pay”.
But other than that, there seems to be no other name changes, including the name of the App is still WeChat/Wechat.
▲ The current official version of the English interface
▲ 7.0.16 beta interface, picture source Weifeng. The same below
Naijatechnews has reported that Tencent has previously changed the company’s WeChat overseas name from “WeChat Work” to “WeCom”.
Reuters reported yesterday that Tencent had registered the WeCom trademark in the United States and used it as a potential replacement for WeChat, and sources said that “WeCom” was not within the scope of the US ban on “WeChat” related transactions .
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