HK Stock Market Move | Tencent (00700) surges over 6% in early trading, reportedly close to launching WeChat AI assistant.

Tencent (00700) soared more than 6% in early trading, rising 6.01% to HK$462.2 by the time of writing, with a turnover of HK$10.309 billion. According to reports, Tencent is close to launching a WeChat AI assistant. Two informed sources revealed that Tencent is testing the prototype of this assistant, which can help users complete various tasks within the application. Tencent plans to start the compliance process before the official launch as early as this month. First Shanghai previously released a research report stating that based on the company's recent product disclosure rhythm, WeChat AI is expected to start grey testing in July 2026 - the first milestone with a clear time frame for the WeChat Agent product, but the full launch timing has not been announced, with institutions generally interpreting it as the earliest large-scale commercialization possible by 2027. The bank believes that the pace of progress is determined by the maturity of the scenario rather than market sentiment, a consistent approach seen in the previous two product cycles of WeChat and Video Number, where delaying the pace does not equate to a strategic mistake, but rather constitutes a product stability that the market easily overlooks.