

The first version of Tencent TE includes the "Who is with me" feature, which allows OICQ users who are browsing the same web page to communicate online, but this feature raises users' concerns about personal data security. This browser is one of the earliest page viewers in mainland China, rendering pages using the Trident layout engine (known as the Internet Explorer webpage renderer).

On November 20, 2000, Tencent released the first version of Tencent Explorer ( Tencent Explorer, referred to as TE) and bundled it with the OICQ 2000 Preview1 1115 (now Tencent QQ). Previously, Tencent had developed Tencent Explorer ( Tencent TE) and Tencent TT, two browsers based on the Trident engine, as well as QQ Browser versions 5 and 6, which integrated the WebKit engine. It utilizes two browser engines: WebKit and Trident. QQ Browser is a web browser developed by Mainland Chinese technology company Tencent.
