From messaging to social media to a marketplace to browsing the internet, WeChat is the app the does everything. While Western companies and app developers race to unbundle their services into efficient single-purpose apps, WeChat continues to add feature after feature.

WeChat, the dominant smartphone messaging platform in China, currently has 396 million active users. The app already offers people a slew of features, but it's now beginning to focus on hardware - releasing a specific API for hardware devices to connect with WeChat.

Chinese college students have built a small business selling fruit on WeChat. After receiving an order through the app, the Weiguofang team delivers fruit directly to the customer’s immediate location, and payment is collected.

China’s most popular messaging app WeChat has launched a “wealth” section called Licaitong where people can store their savings in a monetary fund. The app, which is owned by Tencent, received $130 million in deposits on the first day.