Facebook Launches Facebook Lite for slower mobile networks

Facebook just Launched Facebook Lite, a new app designed to serve people a faster experience on slower mobile networks and Android phones around the world.

"Today we’re introducing Facebook Lite, a new version of Facebook for Android that uses less data and works well across all network conditions." reported on Facebook Newsroom

Facebook founder made the news public via his Facebook Account, and here is what he said on the Launching of the new Facebook Lite.

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"We just launched Facebook Lite, a new app designed to serve people a faster experience on slower mobile networks and Android phones around the world.

We built Facebook Lite to be faster, more reliable and very data efficient even when internet bandwidth is at a minimum. The app is less than 1 MB in size and takes just a few seconds to download.

We’re starting to roll out Facebook Lite across Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, and it will be available in the Play store. We’re going to keep working to serve the entire world, and we'll keep building tools for people in every community until we're all connected." - Said Mark Zuckerberg


Facebook Lite is less than 1MB so it is fast to install and quick to load. It includes Facebook’s core experiences like News Feed, status updates, photos, notifications and more.

Facebook Lite is available in countries across Asia, and over the coming weeks Facebook Lite will be available in parts of Latin America, Africa and Europe.

This version of Facebook is efficient with data and works in all network conditions.

Here is the Advantages of Facebook Lite:

- Installs quickly — the app is less than 1 MB
- Works on all Android phones
- Uses less data
- Is designed for 2G networks and areas with slow or unstable connections

You can download the App via Android - Facebook Lite