Facebook Lite Puts Facebook on a Crash Diet
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| techtimetea.com |
Facebook went on a diet and launched Facebook
Lite, it’s only one quarter of a megabyte making it megalite. Facebook Lite is
a new slimmed down Facebook app that uses less data and works regardless of
network conditions.
The app is designed for use in
developing countries where mobile data services can be spotty, slow and with
low-bandwidth. The
roll out of Facebook Lite will begin in certain emerging markets, namely
Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Zimbabwe
with the aim of expanding further in the upcoming weeks.
Parts of Britain, Australia and America
also face poor data connections in densely populated cities and rural areas
with weaker signal. Facebook Lite, provided that it expands into those countries,
looks like an attractive prospect.
It took only six months of beta testing in
Africa and Southeast Asia but people responded to it immediately, project
manager Vijay Shankar said. In Google Play app stores, Facebook Lite has more
than 4 stars and over 50,000 reviews.
“App reviews suggest people want it in their
countries” said Vijay Shankar. 'All the core experiences and how you come to
use them in your main app will work and look and feel the same.'
So what does it include? Well almost everything!
Facebook Lite is a web-based app that allows you to use essential features like
browsing your news feed, liking, commenting on posts, editing your profile
picture, uploading photos, creating albums, updating your status and chatting
to your friends without Facebook Messenger while only measuring at 252 KB in
size.
It seems like Facebook is being extremely
altruistic providing us all with better service to connect with our distant
relatives and in that sense, it is great! But by making it easier for the “next
billion” of users to access the largest social network means Facebook is
setting itself up to gain another colossal supply of data to eventually sling ads onto
a fresh wave of users, generating more money for their advertisers.
Watch a quick video demo of Facebook Lite below:
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Facebook Lite Puts Facebook on a Crash Diet
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