The latest WeChat 8.0.15 version update adds four major changes

Coinciding with the National Day holiday, the official WeChat team seems to be updating the new version more frequently than before, and launched the latest Android 8.0.15 version before the National Day.

Unlike in the past, the release time of the internal beta version and the official version of WeChat 8.0.15 for Android was very close. Only 7 hours after the WeChat 8.0.15 internal beta version was released, the WeChat official team pushed the official version 8.0.15. Such frequent updates are also relatively rare in the history of WeChat version updates.

After comparison, it was found that there was no obvious change in functionality between the official version and the beta version of WeChat 8.0.15, but compared with version 8.0.14, there were still many optimizations, mainly in the following four aspects.

WeChat group folding function

A few days ago, the “WeChat Group Folding” feature was introduced in the update of Apple’s iOS version, which caused quite a stir in the WeChat marketing community and also made too many Android users in WeChat groups jealous.

The WeChat group folding function has also been launched in the official version of WeChat for Android 8.0.15, bringing good news to Android users.

The specific operation method is to enter the settings page of the WeChat group, and then turn on "Do not disturb group messages", and then the entrance to "Collapse this group chat" will appear.

After turning on the group folding function, a message entry called "Folded Group Chat" will appear in the WeChat message list. After clicking it, all folded WeChat groups will appear.

In addition, if the group collapse function is turned on, the "Pin Chat" option will become gray. After all, the functions of the two are contrary to each other.

However, Xiaoyu discovered a small problem during the test. Under the same WeChat account, some WeChat groups do not have the "fold this group chat" entrance after turning on the "group message do not disturb" function. I don't know if it is a bug in the new version, or if there is a threshold to turn on the WeChat group folding function. This needs further testing, and I hope that friends who understand this mechanism can give us some advice in the comment area.

Video account has more powerful functions

I don’t know if you still remember the WeChat ringtone feature that was launched before. Users can search for their favorite music and set it as a ringtone. However, sometimes we like a song but don’t know the name of the song, so it is not very convenient to set it as a WeChat ringtone.

In the latest official version of WeChat 8.0.15, WeChat allows users to set the background music of the current video as WeChat ringtone when watching a video account. In this way, even if you don’t know the name of the music, you can easily set your favorite sound as WeChat ringtone.

The specific operation method is to click the share button while watching a video, and you will see the entrance to "Set as Ringtone".

At the same time, in this interface you can also set the current video as WeChat status with one click, which is very practical.

New search function added to service notifications

In the official version of WeChat 8.0.15, a search function for WeChat service notifications has been added, allowing users to quickly view platform messages released through WeChat by account and date.

The operation method is also very simple. Just go to WeChat's "Service Notification" and then click the magnifying glass search icon in the upper right corner to use it.

Recent forwarding function optimization

For users who often need to forward messages to their WeChat friends, the most troublesome thing is to find the person to forward to among a large number of WeChat friends. In order to solve this problem, the "Recent Forwarding" function was also launched in the previous WeChat version, which lists some frequently forwarded objects separately for quick selection next time.

In the latest official version of WeChat 8.0.15, the WeChat official team has further optimized this function.

The above picture is the "Forward to" interface when forwarding an article from a WeChat public account.

The picture above is the "Recently Forwarded" interface when forwarding a friend's message or a WeChat group message.

It can be seen that the forwarding interface in these two usage scenarios is fresher and more convenient to use than the old version.

The above are some of the new features launched in the official version of WeChat 8.0.15. Although there are not many new or new features, these small features will make WeChat more and more user-friendly.

However, the addition of these features will also increase the size of the WeChat installation package to a certain extent, making WeChat more and more bloated. However, the WeChat friend double deletion and voice progress bar features that many netizens need have not been launched yet. I hope users will not have to wait too long.