Tencent has begun testing Xiaowei, an AI assistant for WeChat, enabling select users in China to perform tasks via text or voice by integrating with mini-apps.

Tencent is testing its AI assistant Xiaowei inside WeChat for 1.4 billion users, with shares surging 10.5% on the news. Here's what investors need to know.

Tencent has begun testing Xiaowei, a voice-and-text AI assistant built into WeChat, with a full public rollout targeted for the third quarter.

Known as Weixin in China, the super app has made the new AI assistant available to a small number of users, according to a statement from WeChat on Monday. Users are able to…