Messaging app WeChat is being used for an ever longer period of time and is growing into a lifestyle choice embedded into daily activities and communication,a new survey has found.
In 2016,one third of WeChat's 889 million monthly active users spend four hours or more per day on the app,twice that of a year ago,according to the survey showed by Penguin Intelligence,a research arm of Tencent Holdings.
The average(平均)daily time spent is also up a bit,now 66 minutes,more than Facebook's average 50 minutes recorded last year.
And it's becoming more popular than ever,spreading into new aspects of life from offline payments to receiving newsfeeds.
The survey has also found a large number of newly-added contacts(联系)of WeChat users are casual acquaintances(泛好友),especially in work-related communication. Such a developing situation is turning the app into a virtual workplace. Over 80%of users have handled office work on WeChat.
“The all-in-one super app is completely changing the way we live. When lining up for coffee,I can't see a single customer holding a wallet. __________,they hold mobile phones over a reader and coffee is theirs,”said Fred Wellington,an Australian auditor working in Shanghai.
【小题1】回答问题:How many WeChat's monthly active users spent four hours or more per day on the app in 2015?