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Original title: "Wechat" secondary account ", haven't you opened it yet?" "

Work and life can finally be separated.

Author / IT Times reporter Pan Shaoying

Editor / Pan Shaoying was kicked

The national-level software Wechat has once again attracted attention.

On February 3, "Wechat one mobile number can register two accounts" rushed into the hot search. What is meant by "Wechat one mobile phone number can register two accounts"? To put it simply, it is the "secondary account" of Wechat. If you only have one mobile number, but want to sign up for two Wechat accounts, it was not possible before, but now you can register two WeChat accounts with one mobile number.

For many Wechat users, as there are more and more Wechat friends, all kinds of friends are concentrated in one WeChat account, which is not convenient to manage, so many users work and live with one account as early as 2018. Wechat released a new function is the ability to switch login accounts. However, switching accounts means you need two mobile numbers to sign up for two Wechat accounts.

Many Wechat users feel that this feature is a real "epic update". How to register Wechat's "second account"? What will happen to the new and old Wechat accounts after registration? What should be paid attention to when using it? what convenience can "trumpet" bring?

To register Wechat "second account", you can do it in Wechat-I-setting. Click "switch account" in "Settings". The current Wechat account and the prompt of "add account" appear on the page. Click add account-after registering a new account, you can choose whether to register with the new mobile number or use the current Wechat mobile number to assist registration.

Wechat "second account" of course uses the current Wechat mobile phone number to assist registration. Many netizens said that it is impossible to open Wechat "second account" due to various reasons, such as unable to open "second account" without opening WeChat Pay's Wechat account, and so on. Some netizens also encountered a hint when registering that "a large number of people are currently trying to register, you can try again later". In short, I feel that the registration function is not stable at present.

Of course, not all Wechat users can register Wechat "second account", and there is a certain threshold. According to the official announcement, the conditions for opening Wechat "second account" include that the Wechat account is now tied to a mobile phone account, WeChat Pay has been opened, registration time exceeds a certain period of time, and the current account has no security risks, and so on.

The step of "assisted registration through the current Wechat mobile number" is not complicated. Security verification is carried out according to the prompts, including sending text messages according to the prompts, etc., requiring the user to send a text message with the specified content to a specified number with the mobile number of the current WeChat account. In fact, the whole registration process is basically this step, and then it is necessary to set the WeChat account and login password.

When you log in to this secondary account for the first time, Wechat will prompt you to create WeChat account. We must remember that WeChat account is easy to remember as far as possible, because after registration, Wechat "second account" will appear in the list of "switching accounts". If you choose to log in with "second account", you can't log in with your mobile phone number as before. Instead, you can log in by the way of "Wechat account + password", although you can get it back if you forget your WeChat account, but it will be troublesome.

Using Wechat "secondary account" is not much different from using the old Wechat account, the most basic chat, address book and moments are almost the same. There is no data sharing between the Wechat "second account" and the original Wechat account. The friends in the Wechat account are still in the original Wechat account, and the friends in the Wechat "second account" have to be re-added, which is equivalent to opening a new Wechat account.

However, because there is no real-name authentication, WeChat Pay this function can not be used in the "trumpet", if you want to open WeChat Pay, you need to re-carry out real-name authentication, that is, you need a mobile phone number for registration and authentication.

Do not need a mobile number, register a new Wechat, Wechat "secondary" is like a "compressed version", in addition to a certain degree of separation between work and life, but also for children to use. Previously, to register a Wechat account for a child, you need to "cost" a parent's mobile phone number or set up a new mobile phone number, which will also bring some inconvenience. Opening a "secondary account" can solve this problem.

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You also need to know about Wechat's "secondary account".

Q: how many Wechat accounts can be registered with one Wechat account?

A: what we mean by "second account" is to use a verified Wechat account to help register a new account. Each Wechat account can only assist in registering one Wechat account, that is, there can only be one "second account". If you want to register more than one "secondary account", the page will prompt "cannot register a new WeChat account for the time being".

Q: how to let others search for their own "secondary account"?

A: when you add a friend, just tell the other person your "secondary" WeChat account. If you tell the other person's mobile phone number, the other person will find the original Wechat account.

Q: what should I do if I want to use WeChat Pay on the trumpet?

A: you need to bind the "secondary account" to a new mobile number, but it must be a mobile number that is not bound to other Wechat, which is tantamount to making the "secondary account" an independent Wechat account. Specific operations can be done in the "secondary account" I-setup-account and security-mobile phone number to bind a new mobile phone number, re-go through identity authentication and other real-name processes.

Q: if I forget the WeChat account and password of "second account", how can I get it back?

A: when registering an "secondary account", you need to use a mobile phone number to complete an SMS verification, which is to ensure the security of the registered account. This mobile number is only used for WeChat security verification in registration. If you do not bind the "second account" of the new mobile phone number, you can carry out security operations such as login verification and password verification through the old account. If the "secondary account" has been bound to a new mobile phone number, just log in through the mobile verification code or retrieve the password.

Q: many users find it troublesome to switch between Wechat accounts. Can you log in to two accounts at the same time after opening a "secondary account"?

A: you have thought too much about this question, but it is still not possible at present. The two Wechat accounts are relatively independent.

You can take a look.

Don't miss these new Wechat features.

In addition to registering Wechat "secondary account", if you upgrade your Wechat to the latest version 8.0.32, I believe you will find a lot of changes. This is also the first updated version of Wechat in 2023.

1. Add a message prompt when rejecting a call

When receiving Wechat voice or video calls at an inconvenient time, the only thing I could do was to "reject". After refusing to pick up, if you want to send a message to the other party, on the message banner of voice or video, in addition to the reminder that "call has been rejected", a new button is added to "send message". Click "send message", the page will automatically jump to the quick chat interface, you can send a message directly to the other party, eliminating the step of going to the friend list to find friends.

two。 Support indoor map function

Many "road nerds" have the experience of getting lost in the mall. If you make an appointment with a friend in the mall, but can't find the location said by the friend, you can try the indoor mapping function newly launched by Wechat. When sending a location or real-time location to a friend, the new version can not only send the exact floor location, but can even be specific to a store. However, at present, only some regions and large merchants support this feature, and if the coverage becomes wider and wider, this function is still very practical.

3. Video playback is scalable

On Wechat, you can zoom in on photos, but you can't watch videos. Now you have the same treatment as watching videos. After selecting a video, click "full screen play", you can use your fingers to knead or double-click on the screen, and the video screen will zoom in or out, similar to zooming in the photo.

4. Custom chat record cleanup

Chat records are Wechat's "treasure", which takes up most of the phone's memory, and it is very tangled every time it is deleted. Previously, you could choose to clean up the chat history in the full time, three months ago, and a year ago. The time range that can be selected is now narrower, and the option of "Custom time" has been added to the filter. Through the "start date" and "end date", you can clean up the chat records for a certain day, or you can choose to clean up the records for a certain period of time, so that you can delete them more accurately and greatly improve your convenience.

This article comes from the official account of Wechat: IT Times (ID:vittimes), by Pan Shaoying.

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