ByteDance accuses Tencent of blocking its work-from-home tool Feishu on WeChat

ByteDance says Tencent is not approving a WeChat mini program for its cloud office software Feishu, known as Lark overseas. Blocking links and user access between apps is common practice in China’s competitive tech industry. — SCMP

TikTok owner ByteDance has accused Tencent Holdings of blocking its cloud office suite Feishu on WeChat as China’s tech giants fight for dominance in the enterprise collaboration market and the central government increases scrutiny of monopolistic practices in the tech sector.

Xie Xin, ByteDance’s vice-president overseeing Feishu, said the productivity app’s WeChat mini program for cloud documents has been stuck in review limbo, without any feedback or response from the social media platform. Feishu is the Chinese version of ByteDance’s productivity tool Lark, an app that basically combines similar features to Slack and Google Docs.