![]() ![]() That possibility goes unmentioned in WeChat’s English-language online help, but a Quora post reports that Tencent quashed that option years ago.Īnd thinking about it, it does make sense: I can’t imagine that the Chinese government would look fondly on any communications service that allows people to use a number likely to be untethered from a billable address. I’ve now tried that a few times with both U.S.-based and local users, and after each try the app has offered a vague error message about the other person not being eligible to vouch for me.Īfter some further research, I think the problem is my using a Google Voice number. Instead, the app told me to get another WeChat user to verify my existence on their phone. That presented me with CAPTCHA prove-you’re-not-a-robot interface that had me tap the letters in one graphic that matched those in another.īut after going through that, I still couldn’t log in. I tapped through to a “Self-service unblock allowed” screen, tapped its “Read and accept” button. Continue to use this account by tapping OK and applying for an account unblock.” ![]() “This WeChat account has been confirmed of suspicious registration in batch or using plugins and is blocked. After creating an account and entering the security code texted to my number, I got this error message: So I downloaded the Android app, plugged in my Google Voice number–as the work number on my business card, it’s what I ordinarily use without a problem on phone-linked messaging systems.īut what worked in WhatsApp and Signal did not in WeChat. Tencent’s messaging app not only connects almost one billion users in real time, it functions as a wallet, a business card, a news feed and a great many other things. WeChat, for those as uninitiated as I once was, is the service AOL Instant Messenger became in an alternate universe. I’m now about to head home, still bereft of a WeChat account. SHANGHAI–It wasn’t until shortly before I left for CES Asia that I realized showing up here without a WeChat account would mark me as some kind of hick. ![]()
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