diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 2acbd682..b59a1865 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -629,8 +629,6 @@ void iterator_buffer<OutputIt, T, Traits>::flush() {
 
 FMT_MODULE_EXPORT_BEGIN
 
-using wstring_view = basic_string_view<wchar_t>;
-
 template <> struct is_char<wchar_t> : std::true_type {};
 template <> struct is_char<detail::char8_type> : std::true_type {};
 template <> struct is_char<char16_t> : std::true_type {};
@@ -1129,7 +1127,7 @@ class utf8_to_utf16 {
 
  public:
   FMT_API explicit utf8_to_utf16(string_view s);
-  operator wstring_view() const { return {&buffer_[0], size()}; }
+  operator basic_string_view<wchar_t>() const { return {&buffer_[0], size()}; }
   size_t size() const { return buffer_.size() - 1; }
   const wchar_t* c_str() const { return &buffer_[0]; }
   std::wstring str() const { return {&buffer_[0], size()}; }
@@ -2489,11 +2487,6 @@ arg_join<It, Sentinel, char> join(It begin, Sentinel end, string_view sep) {
   return {begin, end, sep};
 }
 
-template <typename It, typename Sentinel>
-arg_join<It, Sentinel, wchar_t> join(It begin, Sentinel end, wstring_view sep) {
-  return {begin, end, sep};
-}
-
 /**
   \rst
   Returns an object that formats `range` with elements separated by `sep`.
@@ -2516,12 +2509,6 @@ arg_join<detail::iterator_t<Range>, detail::sentinel_t<Range>, char> join(
   return join(std::begin(range), std::end(range), sep);
 }
 
-template <typename Range>
-arg_join<detail::iterator_t<Range>, detail::sentinel_t<Range>, wchar_t> join(
-    Range&& range, wstring_view sep) {
-  return join(std::begin(range), std::end(range), sep);
-}
-
 /**
   \rst
   Converts *value* to ``std::string`` using the default format for type *T*.
@@ -2550,13 +2537,6 @@ inline std::string to_string(T value) {
   return std::string(begin, detail::write<char>(begin, value));
 }
 
-/**
-  Converts *value* to ``std::wstring`` using the default format for type *T*.
- */
-template <typename T> inline std::wstring to_wstring(const T& value) {
-  return format(FMT_STRING(L"{}"), value);
-}
-
 template <typename Char, size_t SIZE>
 std::basic_string<Char> to_string(const basic_memory_buffer<Char, SIZE>& buf) {
   auto size = buf.size();
@@ -2873,9 +2853,6 @@ operator""_a() {
 constexpr detail::udl_arg<char> operator"" _a(const char* s, size_t) {
   return {s};
 }
-constexpr detail::udl_arg<wchar_t> operator"" _a(const wchar_t* s, size_t) {
-  return {s};
-}
 #  endif
 }  // namespace literals
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/os.h b/include/fmt/os.h
index fca43d0a..061a6cd5 100644
--- a/include/fmt/os.h
+++ b/include/fmt/os.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class utf16_to_utf8 {
 
  public:
   utf16_to_utf8() {}
-  FMT_API explicit utf16_to_utf8(wstring_view s);
+  FMT_API explicit utf16_to_utf8(basic_string_view<wchar_t> s);
   operator string_view() const { return string_view(&buffer_[0], size()); }
   size_t size() const { return buffer_.size() - 1; }
   const char* c_str() const { return &buffer_[0]; }
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class utf16_to_utf8 {
   // Performs conversion returning a system error code instead of
   // throwing exception on conversion error. This method may still throw
   // in case of memory allocation error.
-  FMT_API int convert(wstring_view s);
+  FMT_API int convert(basic_string_view<wchar_t> s);
 };
 
 FMT_API void format_windows_error(buffer<char>& out, int error_code,
diff --git a/include/fmt/ranges.h b/include/fmt/ranges.h
index 367d7a6b..e9f24ff8 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ranges.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ranges.h
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR tuple_arg_join<char, T...> join(const std::tuple<T...>& tuple,
 }
 
 template <typename... T>
-FMT_CONSTEXPR tuple_arg_join<wchar_t, T...> join(const std::tuple<T...>& tuple,
-                                                 wstring_view sep) {
+FMT_CONSTEXPR tuple_arg_join<wchar_t, T...> join(
+    const std::tuple<T...>& tuple, basic_string_view<wchar_t> sep) {
   return {tuple, sep};
 }
 
@@ -457,12 +457,6 @@ arg_join<const T*, const T*, char> join(std::initializer_list<T> list,
   return join(std::begin(list), std::end(list), sep);
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-arg_join<const T*, const T*, wchar_t> join(std::initializer_list<T> list,
-                                           wstring_view sep) {
-  return join(std::begin(list), std::end(list), sep);
-}
-
 FMT_MODULE_EXPORT_END
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/wchar.h b/include/fmt/wchar.h
index b3049b5f..53c95f37 100644
--- a/include/fmt/wchar.h
+++ b/include/fmt/wchar.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 FMT_MODULE_EXPORT_BEGIN
 
+using wstring_view = basic_string_view<wchar_t>;
 using wformat_parse_context = basic_format_parse_context<wchar_t>;
 using wformat_context = buffer_context<wchar_t>;
 using wformat_args = basic_format_args<wformat_context>;
@@ -38,8 +39,31 @@ constexpr auto operator"" _format(const wchar_t* s, size_t n)
     -> detail::udl_formatter<wchar_t> {
   return {{s, n}};
 }
+
+#if FMT_USE_USER_DEFINED_LITERALS && !FMT_USE_NONTYPE_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS
+constexpr detail::udl_arg<wchar_t> operator"" _a(const wchar_t* s, size_t) {
+  return {s};
+}
+#endif
 }  // namespace literals
 
+template <typename It, typename Sentinel>
+arg_join<It, Sentinel, wchar_t> join(It begin, Sentinel end, wstring_view sep) {
+  return {begin, end, sep};
+}
+
+template <typename Range>
+arg_join<detail::iterator_t<Range>, detail::sentinel_t<Range>, wchar_t> join(
+    Range&& range, wstring_view sep) {
+  return join(std::begin(range), std::end(range), sep);
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+arg_join<const T*, const T*, wchar_t> join(std::initializer_list<T> list,
+                                           wstring_view sep) {
+  return join(std::begin(list), std::end(list), sep);
+}
+
 inline void vprint(std::FILE* f, wstring_view fmt, wformat_args args) {
   wmemory_buffer buffer;
   detail::vformat_to(buffer, fmt, args);
@@ -61,6 +85,13 @@ template <typename... T> void print(wformat_string<T...> fmt, T&&... args) {
   return vprint(wstring_view(fmt), make_wformat_args(args...));
 }
 
+/**
+  Converts *value* to ``std::wstring`` using the default format for type *T*.
+ */
+template <typename T> inline std::wstring to_wstring(const T& value) {
+  return format(FMT_STRING(L"{}"), value);
+}
+
 FMT_MODULE_EXPORT_END
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE
 
diff --git a/src/os.cc b/src/os.cc
index 279a8a8d..934629d7 100644
--- a/src/os.cc
+++ b/src/os.cc
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ inline std::size_t convert_rwcount(std::size_t count) { return count; }
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-detail::utf16_to_utf8::utf16_to_utf8(wstring_view s) {
+detail::utf16_to_utf8::utf16_to_utf8(basic_string_view<wchar_t> s) {
   if (int error_code = convert(s)) {
     FMT_THROW(windows_error(error_code,
                             "cannot convert string from UTF-16 to UTF-8"));
   }
 }
 
-int detail::utf16_to_utf8::convert(wstring_view s) {
+int detail::utf16_to_utf8::convert(basic_string_view<wchar_t> s) {
   if (s.size() > INT_MAX) return ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
   int s_size = static_cast<int>(s.size());
   if (s_size == 0) {
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ class system_message {
   }
   ~system_message() { LocalFree(message_); }
   explicit operator bool() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return result_ != 0; }
-  operator wstring_view() const FMT_NOEXCEPT {
-    return wstring_view(message_, result_);
+  operator basic_string_view<wchar_t>() const FMT_NOEXCEPT {
+    return basic_string_view<wchar_t>(message_, result_);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/core-test.cc b/test/core-test.cc
index de1ac225..43fa1d11 100644
--- a/test/core-test.cc
+++ b/test/core-test.cc
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "gmock/gmock.h"
 
-#if defined(FMT_COMPILE_TIME_CHECKS) && FMT_COMPILE_TIME_CHECKS
-#  include "fmt/format.h"
-#endif
-
 using fmt::string_view;
 using fmt::detail::buffer;
 
@@ -453,11 +449,11 @@ TEST(arg_test, wstring_arg) {
   wchar_t* str = str_data;
   const wchar_t* cstr = str;
 
-  auto sv = fmt::wstring_view(str);
+  auto sv = fmt::basic_string_view<wchar_t>(str);
   CHECK_ARG(wchar_t, cstr, str);
   CHECK_ARG(wchar_t, cstr, cstr);
   CHECK_ARG(wchar_t, sv, std::wstring(str));
-  CHECK_ARG(wchar_t, sv, fmt::wstring_view(str));
+  CHECK_ARG(wchar_t, sv, fmt::basic_string_view<wchar_t>(str));
 }
 
 TEST(arg_test, pointer_arg) {
diff --git a/test/enforce-checks-test.cc b/test/enforce-checks-test.cc
index 103f827e..a2056b22 100644
--- a/test/enforce-checks-test.cc
+++ b/test/enforce-checks-test.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "fmt/locale.h"
 #include "fmt/ostream.h"
 #include "fmt/ranges.h"
+#include "fmt/wchar.h"
 
 // Exercise the API to verify that everything we expect to can compile.
 void test_format_api() {
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 723c87a0..cbed4984 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -1437,18 +1437,6 @@ TEST(format_test, format_explicitly_convertible_to_std_string_view) {
 }
 #endif
 
-// std::is_constructible is broken in MSVC until version 2015.
-#if !FMT_MSC_VER || FMT_MSC_VER >= 1900
-struct explicitly_convertible_to_wstring_view {
-  explicit operator fmt::wstring_view() const { return L"foo"; }
-};
-
-TEST(format_test, format_explicitly_convertible_to_wstring_view) {
-  EXPECT_EQ(L"foo",
-            fmt::format(L"{}", explicitly_convertible_to_wstring_view()));
-}
-#endif
-
 namespace fake_qt {
 class QString {
  public:
@@ -1640,7 +1628,6 @@ TEST(format_test, join) {
   EXPECT_EQ("(+01.20, +03.40)",
             fmt::format("({:+06.2f})", join(v2.begin(), v2.end(), ", ")));
 
-  EXPECT_EQ(L"(1, 2, 3)", fmt::format(L"({})", join(v1, v1 + 3, L", ")));
   EXPECT_EQ("1, 2, 3", fmt::format("{0:{1}}", join(v1, v1 + 3, ", "), 1));
 
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}, {}", v3[0], v3[1]),
@@ -1770,13 +1757,6 @@ TEST(format_test, named_arg_udl) {
       fmt::format("{first}{second}{first}{third}", fmt::arg("first", "abra"),
                   fmt::arg("second", "cad"), fmt::arg("third", 99)),
       udl_a);
-  auto udl_a_w =
-      fmt::format(L"{first}{second}{first}{third}", L"first"_a = L"abra",
-                  L"second"_a = L"cad", L"third"_a = 99);
-  EXPECT_EQ(
-      fmt::format(L"{first}{second}{first}{third}", fmt::arg(L"first", L"abra"),
-                  fmt::arg(L"second", L"cad"), fmt::arg(L"third", 99)),
-      udl_a_w);
 }
 #endif  // FMT_USE_USER_DEFINED_LITERALS
 
@@ -1869,8 +1849,6 @@ TEST(format_test, to_string) {
   EXPECT_EQ("0", fmt::to_string(test_value));
 }
 
-TEST(format_test, to_wstring) { EXPECT_EQ(L"42", fmt::to_wstring(42)); }
-
 TEST(format_test, output_iterators) {
   std::list<char> out;
   fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(out), "{}", 42);
@@ -1966,26 +1944,6 @@ TEST(format_test, format_to_n) {
   EXPECT_EQ("***x", fmt::string_view(buffer, 4));
 }
 
-TEST(format_test, wide_format_to_n) {
-  wchar_t buffer[4];
-  buffer[3] = L'x';
-  auto result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, L"{}", 12345);
-  EXPECT_EQ(5u, result.size);
-  EXPECT_EQ(buffer + 3, result.out);
-  EXPECT_EQ(L"123x", fmt::wstring_view(buffer, 4));
-  buffer[0] = L'x';
-  buffer[1] = L'x';
-  buffer[2] = L'x';
-  result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, L"{}", L'A');
-  EXPECT_EQ(1u, result.size);
-  EXPECT_EQ(buffer + 1, result.out);
-  EXPECT_EQ(L"Axxx", fmt::wstring_view(buffer, 4));
-  result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, L"{}{} ", L'B', L'C');
-  EXPECT_EQ(3u, result.size);
-  EXPECT_EQ(buffer + 3, result.out);
-  EXPECT_EQ(L"BC x", fmt::wstring_view(buffer, 4));
-}
-
 struct test_output_iterator {
   char* data;
 
diff --git a/test/os-test.cc b/test/os-test.cc
index 09115b77..cc23e6b8 100644
--- a/test/os-test.cc
+++ b/test/os-test.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 using fmt::buffered_file;
 using testing::HasSubstr;
+using wstring_view = fmt::basic_string_view<wchar_t>;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
@@ -62,9 +63,9 @@ TEST(util_test, utf16_to_utf8_error) {
 
 TEST(util_test, utf16_to_utf8_convert) {
   fmt::detail::utf16_to_utf8 u;
-  EXPECT_EQ(ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER, u.convert(fmt::wstring_view(0, 1)));
+  EXPECT_EQ(ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER, u.convert(wstring_view(0, 1)));
   EXPECT_EQ(ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER,
-            u.convert(fmt::wstring_view(L"foo", INT_MAX + 1u)));
+            u.convert(wstring_view(L"foo", INT_MAX + 1u)));
 }
 
 TEST(os_test, format_std_error_code) {
@@ -98,8 +99,7 @@ TEST(os_test, format_windows_error) {
           FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
       0, ERROR_FILE_EXISTS, MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
       reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(&message), 0, 0);
-  fmt::detail::utf16_to_utf8 utf8_message(
-      fmt::wstring_view(message, result - 2));
+  fmt::detail::utf16_to_utf8 utf8_message(wstring_view(message, result - 2));
   LocalFree(message);
   fmt::memory_buffer actual_message;
   fmt::detail::format_windows_error(actual_message, ERROR_FILE_EXISTS, "test");
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ TEST(os_test, format_long_windows_error) {
     LocalFree(message);
     return;
   }
-  fmt::detail::utf16_to_utf8 utf8_message(
-      fmt::wstring_view(message, result - 2));
+  fmt::detail::utf16_to_utf8 utf8_message(wstring_view(message, result - 2));
   LocalFree(message);
   fmt::memory_buffer actual_message;
   fmt::detail::format_windows_error(actual_message, provisioning_not_allowed,
diff --git a/test/printf-test.cc b/test/printf-test.cc
index f8db99ae..5aacd37f 100644
--- a/test/printf-test.cc
+++ b/test/printf-test.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static std::string make_positional(fmt::string_view format) {
   return s;
 }
 
-static std::wstring make_positional(fmt::wstring_view format) {
+static std::wstring make_positional(fmt::basic_string_view<wchar_t> format) {
   std::wstring s(format.data(), format.size());
   s.replace(s.find(L'%'), 1, L"%1$");
   return s;
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ std::string test_sprintf(fmt::string_view format, const Args&... args) {
   return fmt::sprintf(format, args...);
 }
 template <typename... Args>
-std::wstring test_sprintf(fmt::wstring_view format, const Args&... args) {
+std::wstring test_sprintf(fmt::basic_string_view<wchar_t> format,
+                          const Args&... args) {
   return fmt::sprintf(format, args...);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/wchar-test.cc b/test/wchar-test.cc
index 0a472420..38804723 100644
--- a/test/wchar-test.cc
+++ b/test/wchar-test.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,19 @@
 
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
-TEST(format_test, vformat_to) {
+// std::is_constructible is broken in MSVC until version 2015.
+#if !FMT_MSC_VER || FMT_MSC_VER >= 1900
+struct explicitly_convertible_to_wstring_view {
+  explicit operator fmt::wstring_view() const { return L"foo"; }
+};
+
+TEST(wchar_test, format_explicitly_convertible_to_wstring_view) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(L"foo",
+            fmt::format(L"{}", explicitly_convertible_to_wstring_view()));
+}
+#endif
+
+TEST(wchar_test, vformat_to) {
   using wcontext = fmt::wformat_context;
   fmt::basic_format_arg<wcontext> warg = fmt::detail::make_arg<wcontext>(42);
   auto wargs = fmt::basic_format_args<wcontext>(&warg, 1);
@@ -21,14 +33,52 @@ TEST(format_test, vformat_to) {
   EXPECT_EQ(L"42", w);
 }
 
+TEST(format_test, wide_format_to_n) {
+  wchar_t buffer[4];
+  buffer[3] = L'x';
+  auto result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, L"{}", 12345);
+  EXPECT_EQ(5u, result.size);
+  EXPECT_EQ(buffer + 3, result.out);
+  EXPECT_EQ(L"123x", fmt::wstring_view(buffer, 4));
+  buffer[0] = L'x';
+  buffer[1] = L'x';
+  buffer[2] = L'x';
+  result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, L"{}", L'A');
+  EXPECT_EQ(1u, result.size);
+  EXPECT_EQ(buffer + 1, result.out);
+  EXPECT_EQ(L"Axxx", fmt::wstring_view(buffer, 4));
+  result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, L"{}{} ", L'B', L'C');
+  EXPECT_EQ(3u, result.size);
+  EXPECT_EQ(buffer + 3, result.out);
+  EXPECT_EQ(L"BC x", fmt::wstring_view(buffer, 4));
+}
+
 #if FMT_USE_USER_DEFINED_LITERALS
-TEST(format_test, format_udl) {
+TEST(wchar_test, format_udl) {
   using namespace fmt::literals;
   EXPECT_EQ(L"{}c{}"_format(L"ab", 1), fmt::format(L"{}c{}", L"ab", 1));
 }
-#endif
+
+TEST(wchar_test, named_arg_udl) {
+  using namespace fmt::literals;
+  auto udl_a =
+      fmt::format(L"{first}{second}{first}{third}", L"first"_a = L"abra",
+                  L"second"_a = L"cad", L"third"_a = 99);
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      fmt::format(L"{first}{second}{first}{third}", fmt::arg(L"first", L"abra"),
+                  fmt::arg(L"second", L"cad"), fmt::arg(L"third", 99)),
+      udl_a);
+}
+#endif  // FMT_USE_USER_DEFINED_LITERALS
 
 TEST(wchar_test, print) {
   // Check that the wide print overload compiles.
   if (fmt::detail::const_check(false)) fmt::print(L"test");
 }
+
+TEST(wchar_test, join) {
+  int v[3] = {1, 2, 3};
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(L"({})", fmt::join(v, v + 3, L", ")), L"(1, 2, 3)");
+}
+
+TEST(wchar_test, to_wstring) { EXPECT_EQ(L"42", fmt::to_wstring(42)); }