Facebook Lite Android App Goes Live On Google Play In Select Developing Markets
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Oct 19, 2024
Oct 19, 2024
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Facebook has quietly unveiled a new Android app called Facebook Lite on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.lite" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook Lite - Apps on Google Play</a> in select markets. The Facebook Lite app is meant for countries where people do not have access to high speed mobile internet and have to rely on slow and unreliable 2G connections to access Facebook. As the name suggests, the Facebook Lite app is less than 1MB in size (252kb to be exact) and is quite frugal when it comes to data consumption. Facebook claims that the app loads quicker than the standard Facebook app for Android. The app is available for download to users in Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Unlike the existing Android app whose compatibility varies with different Android versions, the Facebook Lite app works on Android 2.2 and above.
The folks over at #-Link-Snipped-# point out that users residing in countries other than those mentioned above can still download the app from <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebook-2/lite/facebook-lite-1-0-0-0-0-official-apk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook Lite 1.0.0.0.0 (noarch) (Android 2.2+) APK Download by Meta Platforms, Inc. - APKMirror</a>. They dug into the Facebook Lite app and found out that it was actually the mobile website of the service with WebView wrapper. This means you can access the smartphone camera from the app and receive push notifications, something that was not possible with the mobile website. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/25/facebook-lite-rides-again/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook Is Testing A Simple App For Low-End Android Phones • TechCrunch</a> reports that the app has been launched on an experimental basis to compliment Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org initiative. People too would love to use the Facebook Lite app as it will allow them to access their Facebook messages within the app itself, something that has gone missing ever since Facebook released the Messenger as a standalone app.
The folks over at #-Link-Snipped-# point out that users residing in countries other than those mentioned above can still download the app from <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebook-2/lite/facebook-lite-1-0-0-0-0-official-apk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook Lite 1.0.0.0.0 (noarch) (Android 2.2+) APK Download by Meta Platforms, Inc. - APKMirror</a>. They dug into the Facebook Lite app and found out that it was actually the mobile website of the service with WebView wrapper. This means you can access the smartphone camera from the app and receive push notifications, something that was not possible with the mobile website. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/25/facebook-lite-rides-again/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook Is Testing A Simple App For Low-End Android Phones • TechCrunch</a> reports that the app has been launched on an experimental basis to compliment Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org initiative. People too would love to use the Facebook Lite app as it will allow them to access their Facebook messages within the app itself, something that has gone missing ever since Facebook released the Messenger as a standalone app.