WeChat's Latest PC Beta Lets You Take New Calls During Conversations — and Finally Supports Markdown

WeChat pushed a new beta to PC testers on Friday, and version 4.1.12 fixes one of the desktop client’s longest-running annoyances: you can now take an incoming call while already on a voice or video chat.

Previously, being on a call meant any new incoming request was simply ignored. The only workaround was to hang up first, call the person back, and hope they were still there. That friction is gone — the new version surfaces incoming calls without forcing you to drop the current conversation.

The update also improves how the desktop client handles multimedia sent from mobile. When someone on the phone end sends multiple images or videos as a merged bundle, the PC version now displays them together in the chat window instead of scattering them individually. It’s a smaller change, but anyone who’s scrolled through a messy desktop chat log will notice the difference.

More interesting is Markdown support in notes. WeChat’s built-in note tool has always been basic — functional for quick reminders but not much else. The 4.1.12 beta adds native Markdown rendering, covering headers, bold, italic, highlights, blockquotes, lists, to-do items, and horizontal rules. It’s not a full document editor, but for anyone who drafts notes on desktop and reads them on mobile, it’s a meaningful upgrade.

Markdown support is still in the beta testing phase and could be removed before the stable release. The version is available to registered beta testers on both Windows and Mac.