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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/QQ" title="QQ – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="QQ" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88" title="تنسنت کیوکیو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تنسنت کیوکیو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%85%90%EC%84%BC%ED%8A%B8_QQ" title="텐센트 QQ – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="텐센트 QQ" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/QQ_(instant_messenger)" title="QQ (instant messenger) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="QQ (instant messenger)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88QQ" title="テンセントQQ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="テンセントQQ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%9F_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%8A%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%8A" title="ਟੈਨਸੈਂਟ ਕਿਊਕਿਊ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਟੈਨਸੈਂਟ ਕਿਊਕਿਊ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%AA_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88" title="تێنسێنت کیوو کیوو – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="تێنسێنت کیوو کیوو" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/QQ" title="QQ – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="QQ" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C_QQ" title="เทนเซนต์ QQ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เทนเซนต์ QQ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/QQ" title="QQ – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="QQ" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/QQ" title="QQ – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="QQ" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Tencent QQ" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A8%B0%E8%A8%8A%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E9%80%9A%E8%A8%8A" title="騰訊即時通訊 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="騰訊即時通訊" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%85%BE%E8%AE%AFQQ" title="腾讯QQ – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="腾讯QQ" 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published updated">21 November 2024</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cross-platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-platform">Cross-platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://im.qq.com">im<wbr />.qq<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tencent QQ</b> (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">腾讯QQ</span>), also known as <b>QQ</b>, is an <a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> <a href="/wiki/Software_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Software service">software service</a> and <a href="/wiki/Web_portal" title="Web portal">web portal</a> developed by the Mainland Chinese technology company <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a>. QQ offers services that provide <a href="/wiki/Social_network_game" title="Social network game">online social games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Online_music_store" class="mw-redirect" title="Online music store">music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Online_shopping" title="Online shopping">shopping</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microblogging" title="Microblogging">microblogging</a>, movies, and <a href="/wiki/Voice_over_IP" title="Voice over IP">group and voice chat</a> software. As of March 2023, there were 597 million monthly active QQ accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tencent QQ was first released in China in February 1999 under the name of <b>OICQ</b> ("Open ICQ", a reference to the early IM service <a href="/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-LangLog_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LangLog-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WhatQ_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhatQ-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ryan_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ryan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-China's_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China's-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the threat of a <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademark</a> <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">infringement</a> lawsuit by the <a href="/wiki/American_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="American Online">AOL</a>-owned ICQ, the product's name was changed to QQ<sup id="cite_ref-WhatQ_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhatQ-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ryan_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ryan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-China's_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China's-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (with "Q" and "QQ" used to imply "cute").<sup id="cite_ref-LangLog_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LangLog-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-China's_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China's-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The software inherited existing functions from ICQ, and additional features such as software skins, people's images, and emoticons.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> QQ was first released as a "<a href="/wiki/Simple_Network_Paging_Protocol" title="Simple Network Paging Protocol">network paging</a>" real-time communications service. Other features were later added, such as <a href="/wiki/Chatroom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatroom">chatrooms</a>, games, <a href="/wiki/Avatar_(computing)" title="Avatar (computing)">personal avatars</a> (similar to "Meego" in MSN), <a href="/wiki/File_hosting_service" class="mw-redirect" title="File hosting service">online storage</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Internet_dating" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet dating">Internet dating</a> services. </p><p>The official client runs on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> and a beta public version was launched for <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a> version 10.4.9 or newer.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formerly, two web versions, WebQQ (full version) and WebQQ Mini (Lite version), which made use of <a href="/wiki/Ajax_(programming)" title="Ajax (programming)">Ajax</a>, were available.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Development, support, and availability of WebQQ Mini, however, has since been discontinued. On 31 July 2008, Tencent released an official client for Linux,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this has not been made compatible with the Windows version and it is not capable of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Voice_calls.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Voice calls. (page does not exist)">voice calls.</a>. </p><p>In response to competition with other instant messengers, such as <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Live Messenger">Windows Live Messenger</a>, Tencent released Tencent Messenger, which is aimed at businesses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership">Membership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, Tencent stopped its free membership registration, requiring all new members to pay a fee. In 2003, however, this decision was reversed due to pressure from other instant messaging services such as <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Live Messenger">Windows Live Messenger</a> (WLM) and <a href="/wiki/SINA.com" class="mw-redirect" title="SINA.com">Sina UC</a>. Tencent currently offers a premium membership scheme, where premium members enjoy features such as QQ mobile, ringtone downloads, and SMS sending/receiving. In addition, Tencent offers "Diamond" level memberships. Currently, there are seven diamond schemes available: </p> <ul><li>Red for the QQ Show service which features some superficial abilities such as having a colored account name.</li> <li>Yellow to obtain extra storage and decorations in <a href="/wiki/Qzone" title="Qzone">Qzone</a>—a blog service.</li> <li>Blue to obtain special abilities in the game-plays of QQ games.</li> <li>Purple for obtaining special abilities in games including QQ Speed, QQ Nana, and QQ Tang</li> <li>Pink for having different boosts in the pet-raising game called QQ Pet.</li> <li>Green for using QQ music—a service for users to stream music online.</li> <li>VIP for having extra features in the chat client such as removing advertisements</li> <li>Black for gaining benefits related to DNF (<a href="/wiki/Dungeon_Fighter_Online" title="Dungeon Fighter Online">Dungeon & Fighter</a>), a multiplayer PC beat 'em up video game.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="QQ_Coin">QQ Coin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: QQ Coin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The QQ Coin is a <a href="/wiki/Virtual_economy" title="Virtual economy">virtual currency</a> used by QQ users to "purchase" QQ related items for their <a href="/wiki/Avatar_(computing)" title="Avatar (computing)">avatar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blog</a>. QQ Coins are obtained either by purchase (one coin for one <a href="/wiki/Renminbi" title="Renminbi">RMB</a>) or by using the mobile phone service. Due to the popularity of QQ among young people in China, QQ Coins are accepted by online vendors in exchange for "real" merchandise such as small gifts.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has raised concerns of replacing (and thus "inflating") real currency in these transactions. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Bank_of_China" title="People's Bank of China">People's Bank of China</a>, China's central bank, tried to crack down on QQ Coins due to people using QQ Coins in exchange for real world goods.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this only caused the value of QQ coins to rise as more and more third-party vendors started to accept them.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tencent claims the QQ Coin is a mere regular commodity, and is, therefore, not a currency.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Q_Zone">Q Zone</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Q Zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Q_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Q Zone">Q Zone</a></div> <p>Qzone is a social networking website based in China which was created by Tencent in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Q Zone is a personal blog for QQ users. It can be set as a public page or a private friend-only page. Users can upload diaries and share photos. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="QQ_International">QQ International</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: QQ International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows">Windows</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Windows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, QQ began to expand its services internationally with its QQ International client for Windows distributed through a dedicated English-language portal.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>QQ International offers non-Mandarin speakers the opportunity to use most of the features of its Chinese counterpart to get in touch with other QQ users via chat, VoIP, and video calls, and it provides a non-Mandarin interface to access <a href="/wiki/Qzone" title="Qzone">Qzone</a>, Tencent's social network. The client supports English, French, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese and Traditional Chinese. </p><p>One of the main features of QQ International is the optional and automatic <a href="/wiki/Machine_translation" title="Machine translation">machine translation</a> in all chats. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Android">Android</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Android"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Android version of QQ International was released in September of 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The client's interface is in English, French, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese and Traditional Chinese. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other images, videos, and audio media messages. Moreover, users can share multimedia content with all contacts through the client's <a href="/wiki/Qzone" title="Qzone">Qzone</a> interface. </p><p>The live translation feature is available for all incoming messages and supports up to 18 languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="iOS">iOS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: iOS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>QQ International for iPhone and iOS devices was released at the end of 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fully equivalent to its Android counterpart. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partnerships">Partnerships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Partnerships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In India, Tencent has partnered with <a href="/wiki/Ibibo" title="Ibibo">ibibo</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to bring services such as chat, mail and game to the developing Indian internet sphere. </p><p>In Vietnam, Tencent has struck a deal with <a href="/wiki/VinaGame" class="mw-redirect" title="VinaGame">VinaGame</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to bring the QQ Casual Gaming portal as well as the QQ Messenger as an addition to the already thriving Vietnamese gaming communities. </p><p>In the United States, Tencent has partnered with <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a> to bring <a href="/wiki/QQ_Games" title="QQ Games">QQ Games</a> as a contender in the US social gaming market. Launched in 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> QQ Games came bundled with the AIM installer, and competed with AOL's own games.com to provide a gaming experience for the AIM user base. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Web_QQ">Web QQ</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Web QQ"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tencent launched its web-based QQ formally on 15 September 2009, the latest version of which being 3.0. Rather than solely a web-based IM, WebQQ 3.0 functions more like its own operating system, with a desktop in which web applications can be added. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_network_website">Social network website</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Social network website"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, Tencent launched Xiaoyou (校友, 'schoolmate'), its first social network website. In mid-2010, Tencent changed direction and replaced Xiaoyou with <a href="/wiki/Pengyou" title="Pengyou">Pengyou</a> (朋友, 'friends'), trying to establish a more widespread network, to which extant QQ users could be easily redirected, hence giving Pengyou a major advantage over its competitors.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tencent's social network <a href="/wiki/Qzone" title="Qzone">Qzone</a> is linked to in the International and native versions of QQ. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Open_source_and_cross-platform_clients">Open source and cross-platform clients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Open source and cross-platform clients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Using <a href="/wiki/Reverse_engineering" title="Reverse engineering">reverse engineering</a>, open source <a href="/wiki/Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities">communities</a> have come to understand the QQ protocol better and have attempted to implement client core libraries compatible with more user-friendly clients, free of advertisements. Most of these clients are cross-platform, so they are usable on operating systems which the official client does not support. However, these implementations had only a subset of functions of the official client and therefore were limited in features. Furthermore, QQ's parent company, Tencent, has over successive versions modified the QQ protocol to the extent that it can no longer be supported by most, and perhaps any, of the third-party implementations that were successful in the past (some of which are listed below). As of 2009, none of the developers of third-party clients have publicized any plans to restore QQ support. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pidgin_(software)" title="Pidgin (software)">Pidgin</a>, also known as: <a href="/wiki/GAIM" class="mw-redirect" title="GAIM">GAIM</a> an open source cross-platform <a href="/wiki/Multiprotocol_instant_messaging_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiprotocol instant messaging application">multiprotocol client</a>, with third-party <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_(computing)" title="Plug-in (computing)">plugin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adium" title="Adium">Adium</a>, an open source macOS client, with third-party plugin built on top of libqq-pidgin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kopete" title="Kopete">Kopete</a>, an open source multiprotocol client by <a href="/wiki/KDE" title="KDE">KDE</a> <ul><li>Note: Kopete, old versions of Pidgin, and any other client whose QQ support was based on libpurple no longer supports QQ as of May 2011<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miranda_NG" title="Miranda NG">Miranda NG</a>, an open source <a href="/wiki/Multiprotocol_instant_messaging_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiprotocol instant messaging application">multiprotocol client</a>, designed for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, with MirandaQQ2<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> plugin.</li> <li>Eva</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trillian_(software)" title="Trillian (software)">Trillian</a>, is a Multiprotocol <a href="/wiki/Instant_Messaging" class="mw-redirect" title="Instant Messaging">Instant Messaging</a> <a href="/wiki/Software" title="Software">Software</a> made as <a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a> Developed by Cerulean Studios which ran off <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_(computing)" title="Plug-in (computing)">Plugins</a> to connect to things such as: <a href="/wiki/AIM_(software)" title="AIM (software)">AIM</a>, <a href="/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yahoo_Messenger" title="Yahoo Messenger">Yahoo Messenger</a>, <a href="/wiki/MSN_Messenger" title="MSN Messenger">MSN Messenger</a> and <a href="/wiki/XMPP/Jabber" class="mw-redirect" title="XMPP/Jabber">XMPP/Jabber</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merchandise">Merchandise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Merchandise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tencent has taken advantage of the popularity of the QQ brand and has set up many Q-Gen stores selling QQ branded merchandise such as bags, watches, clothing as well as toy penguins. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_characteristics">Related characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Related characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The accounts of QQ are purely a combination of numbers. The account numbers provided for the registered users are selected randomly by the system user registration. In 1995, the registered QQ accounts had only 5 digits, while currently, the digital numbers used for QQ accounts has reached 12. The first QQ number is held by <a href="/wiki/Ma_Huateng" title="Ma Huateng">Ma Huateng</a> and his account number is 10001.</li> <li>Membership to a QQ account usually lasts one month. When this membership is overdue and not renewed, the membership of the account will be suspended.</li> <li>In relation to calculating "QQ Age", being logged in for 2 full hours would be considered as one full day. Thus, being logged in to QQ for around 700 hours would make the age increase by 1 year. In the 2012 version of QQ, users can see the age on the personal information page.</li> <li>In 2004, Tencent launched QQ hierarchy which shows the level of a registered member. At the very beginning, this hierarchy was solely based on the hours a member spent in QQ. Hence, the longer the member stayed, the higher level they can attain. These results, however, were criticized as people tend to waste electrical energy due to longer hours of stay on the site. Therefore, Tencent changed the basis from an hour unit to a daily unit due to the involvement of several departments.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies_and_criticisms">Controversies and criticisms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Controversies and criticisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coral_QQ">Coral QQ</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Coral QQ"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coral QQ, a modification of Tencent QQ, is another add-on for the software, providing free access to some of the services and blocking Tencent's advertisements. In 2006, Tencent filed a copyright lawsuit against Chen Shoufu (aka Soft), the author of Coral QQ, after his distribution of a modified Tencent QQ was ruled illegal. Chen then published his modification as a separate add-on. On 16 August 2007, Chen was detained again for allegedly making profits off of his ad-blocking add-on.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The case resulted in a three-year prison sentence for Shoufu.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dispute_with_Qihoo_360">Dispute with Qihoo 360</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Dispute with Qihoo 360"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/360_v._Tencent" title="360 v. Tencent">360 v. Tencent</a></div> <p>In 2010, Chinese anti-virus company, <a href="/wiki/Qihoo_360" title="Qihoo 360">Qihoo 360</a>, analyzed the QQ protocol and accused QQ of automatically scanning users' computers and uploading their personal information to QQ's servers without the users' consent. In response, Tencent called 360 a <a href="/wiki/Malware" title="Malware">malware</a> and denied users of installing 360 access to some of the QQ's services. The Chinese <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Industry_and_Information_Technology_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China">Ministry of Industry and Information</a> reprimanded both companies for "improper competition" and ordered them to come to an agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_surveillance">Government surveillance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Government surveillance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some observers have criticized QQ's compliance in the Chinese government's <a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China">Internet surveillance and censorship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2013 report by <a href="/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders" title="Reporters Without Borders">Reporters Without Borders</a> specifically mentioned QQ as allowing authorities to monitor online conversations for keywords or phrases and track participants by their user number.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adware_controversy">Adware controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Adware controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chinese version of QQ makes use of embedded advertisements. Older versions of the client have been branded as malicious <a href="/wiki/Adware" title="Adware">adware</a> by some antivirus and anti-spyware vendors.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both the Chinese and International versions of QQ had been tested in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently it is identified as malware by DrWeb, Zillya, NANO-Antivirus, and VBA32 give positive results, most of which identify it as a trojan.<sup id="cite_ref-in2020_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-in2020-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security">Security</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Security"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 6, 2015, QQ scored 2 out of 7 points on the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>'s secure messaging scorecard. It received points for having communications encrypted in transit and for having a recent independent security audit. It lost points because communications are not <a href="/wiki/End-to-end_encryption" title="End-to-end encryption">end-to-end encrypted</a>, users can not verify contacts' identities, past messages are not secure if the encryption keys are stolen (i.e. the service does not provide <a href="/wiki/Forward_secrecy" title="Forward secrecy">forward secrecy</a>), the code is not open to independent review (i.e. the code is not <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open-source</a>), and the security design is not properly documented.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tencent_QQ&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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