US social networking site Facebook recently frequently test new features, this may be launched, and the same 'WeChat red envelope' feature.
On November 3, local media time, Matt Navarra, social media editor at The Next Web (TNW), said on Twitter that 'Facebook is testing a red envelope that will allow you to donate cash to your friends' along with three related screenshots.
As you can see from the screenshot, Facebook's name for giving cash is actually called a 'red envelope', ranging from $ 1 to $ 20, with a maximum of $ 20.
Matt Navarra often publishes some tweets about Facebook informally on Twitter, and on September 30 he once claimed that Facebook is testing facial recognition as a supplement to user authentication.
For this red envelope feature broke, Facebook on the technology site Recode made an ambiguous response, it did not recognize its existence, there is no denial.
Facebook said, 'We have been testing the new product experience, but it is not yet disclosed.'
As of press time, Facebook's official channel did not disclose any information on the red envelope.
Technology website Recode commented in a Nov. 4 report that the red envelopes were presented as gifts mainly during such festivals as the Chinese New Year, but Facebook's desire to add this gift-giving function may mean that it wants to promote peer-to-peer payments.
Recode also said that the launch of the red envelope payment may also be in support of Facebook Marketplace launched in August 2017. In this section, users can sell second-hand items to nearby people, in addition there are some professional retailers stationed, sales of products and services .
As early as 2015, Facebook can already transfer payments between friends through its affiliated Messenger chat software, but this payment can not be through Facebook's main website or APP.
Although this red envelope feature has not yet officially released, but Facebook is trying to develop new projects is indeed a more extensive range.