English Writing

Zhixin Xiao

Youngwha Lee

ENG 108

Nov 26th 2017

Project 3 first draft

With the progress of the time, our technology got a big progress. We have the internet, computer, smartphones and some applications which are very often to use at our life. We can use some apps to communicate with our friends. At 30 years ago, my parents’ time they just use a small cellphone and the function is very limited. It only can be used to text messages to other and dial the number without any other functions. But now, as we know, we have smart phone which can install a lot of applications and the camera or other is basic not only call or text to somebody.

WeChat. This is a app that very famous in China even in Asia. “WeChat is a Chinese social media (instant messaging, commerce and payment services) mobile application software developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011 and by 2017 it was one of the largest standalone messaging apps by monthly active users, with over 963 million monthly active users. It is known as China's "App for Everything" with its many functions and platforms.” The icon of WeChat is like two cute faces, one is green and bigger, the another is white and smaller. It is different like other communication applications or the basic function of smartphones. I know that most of the Chinese teenagers also use this application. Because it is a very convenient tool to connect with friends and families no matter where you are. We can share a dynamic condition on the “Moment” part by pictures or videos even the words. At the chat area, we can send pictures and videos even the location to our friend. It is very convenient for us to let other know where we are. The voice call and video call which is same as facetime that is very helpful. If we are connected with Wi-Fi and we do not need to use the phone to dial other. Because in China, the phone call is time-based bare. If we call to other for a long time that the calling fee will be very expensive and not cost-efficient. We use the voice call by WeChat once we connect Wi-Fi or we have our own data connection that can make sure we will not be charged. The data shows that people use voice call is cheaper than use phone call. There is also a very helpful thing in WeChat that is the voice message. People always use voice message when they are describing something that is hard to use word to indicate and they could not meet. They can use the voice message to say something and help other knows what he or she want to describe. When we are holding something on one hand lead to us cannot use two hands type to other, we can use this function send other the voice message. We just need to hold the bottom because there is a bouton that we should long press to record our voice and once we move our finger away that message will send to the opposite side. After our friends share the pictures or video even a song at the “Moment”, we can leave our comments or like there content which seems like we give somebody thumbs up. As I know, some foreigners also use this app. We can use this app to communicate with other and every language all can be translated through this app. We do not need to worry the language problem. We can share some intentional news at this app. It is helpful to widen our horizon.