Claim: WeChat is a photography app.

WeChat is a Chinese social media -LRB- instant messaging , commerce and payment services -RRB- application 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 938 million active users . However , as of 2017 , WeChat has not been successful in penetrating international markets outside of China .