Facebook has announced a lighter version of its messaging application for smartphones and touch tablets.
Last year, Facebook launched Facebook Lite for Android, a variant of the Facebook application that had a lower size and only the basic features on it. The application was initially made available to users from Latin America and Africa. Now, Facebook announced Messenger Lite, a lightweight version of the popular chat application. Messenger Lite for Android will be available initially in five countries: Kenya, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Venezuela.
David Marcus, head of Facebook Messenger, announced that the application will be made available to other countries after the initial launch date. Like Facebook Lite, Lite Messenger has a reduced size of only 10 MB and is faster and faster to start. The application was designed for the smartphone. Messenger Lite Messenger contain the main features, such as messaging, sending and receiving content, including photos and links. The application will also support the reception of stickers in conversations and will be designed for markets that have slower average speed Internet and Android phones mainly. Messenger Lite will not have the same logo as the main application, as the colors are reversed.
Messenger is one of the most popular chat applications, as it currently has 1 billion users worldwide. Facebook has paid particular attention to this application and has recently introduced instant video options on Android and iOS. Whereas Messenger Lite is designed for markets with relatively slow Internet speeds, this feature may not be available in the new application. the SMS integration in Messenger came this summer, as another feature that could convince them to stay as long as possible within the application and not proceed to other services.
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