WeRead

WeRead (微信读书) is a digital reading app developed by Tencent, most notably offering a near 250,000-title catalog of published books through its membership program . The product has been positioned as a tool for serious readers, with features like automatic bilingual translation for English ebooks—displaying original text and Chinese translation side by side—that one 十字路口Crossing writer described as making reading "简直不要太爽" . Beyond individual use, the app has also been adopted in enterprise and investor contexts: Linear Capital included WeRead annual memberships in its 2026 New Year gift program, framing it as a way to "capture edge signals that may determine long-term value" at the intersection of technology and humanities . The app's earliest documented integration was automotive—it was among the apps (alongside QQ Music and Tencent News) added to Li Auto's Li ONE through an OTA update in 2020 .