The multinational conglomerate company, Tencent Music revealed the testing of non-fungible token (NFT) profile picture (PFP) avatars and the “virtual room” music zone on its QQ Music app.
QQ Music is the subsidiary of Tencent Music.
According to the announcement, 2D cartoon characters linked to Tencent’s blockchain, Zhixin Chain, will be implied as NFT PFP avatars.
Apart from this, the QQ app will also launch a virtual space called “Music Zone”. Users will be able to hang out with other users or they can invite their friends to enjoy music at once.
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In the official blog post, the QQ Music app stated that Android users could access the function and the virtual room from Monday. Meanwhile, the official launch has been scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Each PFP avatar’s price will be 0.88 Yuan or $0.13 and it will be limited to 40,000 versions.
Currently, the QQ Music app has more than 275 million monthly active users in 2021, which places this app as the second most favorite app in China.