Google launches game on Tencent’s Wechat as it eyes China market


The Google sign is pictured at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world's biggest mobile fair, on February 26, 2018 in Barcelona. the Mobile World Congress is held in Barcelona from February 26 to March 1. / AFP PHOTO / Pau Barrena

BEIJING: Alphabet Inc's Google said on July 18 it has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) game on Tencent Holdings Ltd social media app WeChat, as the company continues to show tentative signs of re-entering China's consumer market. 

The US technology firm has been experimenting with new inroads to the China, where the majority of it products including its internet search engine, e-mail and app store are blocked by Chinese authorities over censorship concerns. 

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