WeChat supplies and has control of the infrastructure that underpins this ecosystem, and the possibilities are almost endless. In some circumstances, they may only be able to access certain services through their WeChat accounts. They can hail a taxi, order food, pay bills, share videos, and even share their government ID. These days, users can do just about everything within WeChat. Then it added mini-programs, or third-party apps housed within WeChat, which vastly expanded its capabilities. It quickly expanded into payments and gaming (WeChat is owned by a Chinese company called Tencent, which is a major player in gaming). Since its 2011 release, WeChat has become much more than a messaging app for mobile devices. If you have family there, you probably use WeChat to stay in touch with them. WeChat has 1.26 billion users worldwide as of September 2021, and it’s enormously popular in China. But you might be familiar with WeChat, a Chinese messaging app that then-President Trump tried to ban along with TikTok in 2020. It’s possible you hadn’t even heard of them before Musk started talking about the concept. If you’re in the US, you probably haven’t used a super app before. But what his Twitter can do, with its dwindling resources and polarizing owner, is still very much in question. The billionaire has said a few things about his plans and made what appear to be a few preliminary moves toward it. Musk clearly wants that to change, and he wants Twitter to lead the way. They’re hugely popular in Asia, though you can find them in Africa and Latin America.
So-called “super apps” or “everything apps” (as Musk has referred to them) are apps that offer several services, usually including a payments component. Along with the name change, there’s the recent news that Twitter has partnered with a stock and crypto trading firm, and Musk also incorporated an artificial intelligence company called X.AI, which may be part of his super app plans. It’s the latest move in Musk’s attempt to turn his reluctantly purchased platform into an “everything app” called X. Twitter informed its business users on April 18 that Twitter, Inc., is now X Corp. Elon Musk’s grand plan for Twitter - that is, what he hopes to create beyond a “town square” for posting and messaging - is starting to take shape.
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