Cover image via intoday.inGood news Facebook fans! The social media service company released a new app for Android over the weekend
Well, technically it's not really new. Rather, it's a stripped down version of the full Facebook app.
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How's this different from your Facebook app? First, FB lite is only 1MB in size! In comparison, the full Facebook app is about 25MB on Android.
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The app is also targeted at developing countries with slow, laggy Internet and data services. Sounds like the perfect app for us Malaysians…
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Features like video viewing and finding nearby friends have been removed to create a smooth experience on older Android phones
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Facebook has been pushing hard to get people in developing countries online. In May, Facebook released Internet.org, which offers people free data services
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The site also encourages developers to design online services for these countries. You can read more about the initiative here.
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