国产手机应用越来越受欢迎

Some say it’s an extremely simple function, but SMS messaging is a market that continues to grow, with more and more players entering this competitive space.

One of those grabbing a bigger and bigger share of this market is the App - WeChat - owned by the Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd.. WeChat is currently the number one messaging App in China. And as Mark Niu reports, WeChat is intensifying its efforts to expand abroad.

Berkeley student Tang Li is leaving a voice message for his mother at home in Jiangsu Province, China.

The communication is completely free?through the popular messaging App-WeChat.

Fellow Chinese student Ashley Ji used to message with the popular WhatsApp, but switched to WeChat because of the playful emoticons.

App Annie measures global app metrics. In Google’s Play Store Facebook Messenger is the runaway leader among communications app downloads. At Number 6 is U-S based "WhatsApp."

On this particular day, WeChat comes in at number 21. Its ranking is lower on the iPhone. But on Apple’s platform, WeChat has at one time or another, reached number one in 45 different countries, ranging from Madagascar to Mexico. In the U.S., WeChat use is on the rise.

Tencent, which now has several offices in the U.S?hopes to grow their WeChat user base in America. The company did recently announce that it had 70 million registered WeChat users outside of China- a jump of 30 million users in roughly three months.