Today morning, many netizens reported that the Tencent Yuanbao red envelope link shared in WeChat groups and private chats could no longer be opened directly. The page displayed: "The web content contains inducements for sharing, following, etc.. Please long-press the URL to copy and access it using a browser."
WeChat's current interception involves Tencent's own AI product "Yuanbao." Currently, users who want to participate in the red envelope activity must manually switch to an external browser, greatly reducing convenience.
As of the time of this report, it is the critical period of the "red envelope war" during the Spring Festival of 2026. In addition to Tencent Yuanbao, other AI large models such as Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen have also invested billions of yuan to boost red envelope activities.
This "righteousness against family" style interception of its own products by WeChat has sparked discussions in the market about the fairness of major platform rules and the standardization of AI red envelope promotions.
