- The test lets one Xiaowei assistant communicate with another user's assistant.
- Jiemian reports that the exchange stays inside Xiaowei rather than the personal chat thread.
- Users are brought back for authorization and decisions.
Two assistants handle the preliminary exchange
WeChat is testing a social-coordination feature in which a user's Xiaowei assistant can contact a friend's Xiaowei. The reported examples include arranging a meal, checking availability and establishing interest before the people themselves need to intervene.
Jiemian's September 7 report adds a useful interface detail: its reporter found that these exchanges take place within Xiaowei and do not appear as ordinary messages in the users' personal conversation. That distinguishes the feature from asking an assistant to type and send a message on one's behalf.
How control returns to the users
The described sequence begins with a user stating a request. The other side confirms participation, the assistants exchange relevant information, and they return a result or ask for a decision. Authorization and important choices remain points where the humans re-enter the process.
This changes the unit of interaction. Instead of automating one message, the system attempts to carry a small coordination task across two accounts. A meal invitation, for example, can require several rounds about timing or preferences before there is a proposal worth presenting.
Part of the earlier Xiaowei test
Jiemian contacted Tencent customer service, which linked the feature to the Xiaowei assistant already undergoing limited testing since June. The service was described as capable of invoking WeChat functions and mini-program services, with access still restricted to selected users.
The report does not announce a universal rollout or a commercial price for assistant-to-assistant communication. It also does not establish that every Xiaowei participant has received the same social feature.
The near-term product development is therefore specific: WeChat is experimenting with a separate AI-to-AI coordination space inside its assistant. It is an extension of the ongoing Xiaowei test, not evidence that ordinary private conversations have been replaced by autonomous agents.
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