Facebook Announces Messenger Lite For Older Devices and Emerging Markets/

Facebook Announces Messenger Lite For Older Devices and Emerging Markets

Facebook Announces Messenger Lite For Older Devices and Emerging Markets

Facebook Announces Messenger Lite For Older Devices and Emerging MarketsFacebook just announced Facebook Messenger Lite, a new low-resource version of Facebook Messenger (much to the disdain of the developers of Lite Messenger for Facebook), joining Facebook Lite in their portfolio.Facebook Messenger Lite is a cut down version of Facebook Messenger, weighing in at under 10 MB.It is designed to be fast to download (even on slower data connections) and fast to open, and includes many of the basic Facebook Messenger features like "messaging, sending and receiving photos and links, and receiving stickers." However no mention was made in the announcement of calling, location sharing, read receipts, or various other features, some of which have likely been cut in order to get down to the smaller APK size that they are targeting.

Empowering the World to Stay Connected: Introducing Messenger Lite

Empowering the World to Stay Connected: Introducing Messenger Lite

By Tom Mulcahy, Engineering Manager for Messenger LiteFurthering our goal to empower people all over the world to stay connected, today we're launching a new app called Messenger Lite, a standalone version of Messenger for Android.Messenger Lite is a slimmed down version of Messenger that offers the core features of Messenger for markets with slower than average internet speeds and a prevalence of basic Android smartphones.With Messenger Lite, people are able to quickly and easily send text, photos and links to anyone using Messenger or Messenger Lite.

New Facebook Messenger Lite App Is Four Times Smaller Than Original Version

New Facebook Messenger Lite App Is Four Times Smaller Than Original Version

Facebook wants to expend its social network and offer people all over the world access to and has a number initiative in effect to focus on the task at hand.This includes the launch of Facebook Messenger Lite for Android, a standalone stripped down version of its messenger app that debuted in 2011.As CNET reports, this new release is smaller than its predecessor and is specially designed for older model Android smartphones.

Facebook Messenger Lite Is The Stripped Down App You Probably Can't Use Yet

Facebook Messenger Lite Is The Stripped Down App You Probably Can't Use Yet

Android: Facebook's mobile apps are notorious for hogging battery life and resources.So, you'd probably love a stripped down Messenger app that was only 10MB, right?Well, it exists, but most countries can't use it yet.