Does Your Facebook App Take Forever To Load? Facebook Lite Could Be Your Answer
It's designed for slower networks too!
By John Lim — 08 Jun 2015, 06:46 PM
Good 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.
Facebook has launched a stripped-down version of its app aimed at the huge potential user base in emerging markets.
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.
The new app will be less than 1MB in size, and includes the News Feed, status updates, photos, notifications and other bits and pieces familiar to users of the social network.
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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...
The Facebook Lite app is designed for use in developing countries where mobile data services can be spotty, slow and with low-bandwidth.
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Features like video viewing and finding nearby friends have been removed to create a smooth experience on older Android phones
Data-heavy features like video and locations services aren't supported, but users will be able to receive push notifications and share pictures on the fly. The app has also been optimized to take advantage of 2G networks and work in areas with a bad signal.
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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
The site also encourages developers to design online services for these countries. You can read more about the initiative here.
Internet.org is a Facebook-led initiative bringing together technology leaders, nonprofits and local communities to connect the two thirds of the world that doesn’t have internet access.
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