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9on the 2nd of this month, there were rumors that wechat might not support iphone 16, and once the iphone is upgraded to ios 18.2 system, wechat will not be available, and users will not be able to use wechat.

according to china business news, there were reports that apple has increased pressure on tencent and bytedance. apple hopes to "block" the payment loopholes for small games to prevent developers from directing users to external payment systems. apple has warned tencent that if it does not cancel the ability of developers and users to bypass the apple ecosystem, it will refuse to provide wechat updates in the future. in august, tencent management said in a financial report conference call that there are some misunderstandings about the nature of the current situation, that is, tencent is not currently commercializing small games on ios through in-app purchases (bypassing payment), and relevant discussions are ongoing.

according to beike finance, the reporter called apple's official hotline, and the technical consultant of apple china who answered the call said that the third-party comments about whether the ios system or apple devices can use wechat, including whether wechat can continue to be listed and downloaded in the apple app store, need to be communicated and discussed between apple and tencent to determine the future situation. the technical consultant mentioned that in order to list software in the apple store, developers may need to pay apple a certain fee before they can list or download it.

"when an app developer puts software on the apple app store, and the software reaches a certain number of downloads, the developer will have to pay apple a certain fee whenever a user downloads the software." he said that apple is currently actively communicating with tencent to confirm whether tencent will continue to provide the apple app store with a commission on software downloads. however, he also mentioned that as wechat is a relatively popular software, both parties will make certain arrangements for their own corresponding benefits, so there is no need to worry for the time being. "whether wechat can still be downloaded and used in the future, which everyone is concerned about, we also need to wait for the official notification. we cannot make any judgment on third-party information, and the above explanation is for reference only." the technical consultant said.