![]() ![]() ![]() It’s been available for a while in India and Africa, but it’s now available in the US, European. Messenger Lite is designed to work anywhere, but especially on slow phones on low quality cellular networks. On my Moto E4, it’s just 6MB in size a tenth of what the full app is. Also, Lite doesn't support Secret Conversations, Facebook's end-to-end encrypted chat, but hey, that's what Signal's for anyway. Fortunately, Facebook has an alternative called Messenger Lite. Secondly, if you are for some reason heavily invested in the Facebook Messenger games ecosystem, which I know must exist because there is a game controller tab in the Messenger app every time I open it, you should stick with the full-fledged version. Here’s how it works: to get started, make sure you have the latest version of Messenger Lite. Sorry! Facebook only released Messenger Lite on Android, with no signs of an iOS version in the offing. Messenger Lite is under 10MB, making it fast to install and quick to start up. That directive comes with a couple of caveats: If you have an iPhone, this does not apply to you. And guess what? You should switch over to it immediately. This week, Lite launched for those four more developed markets as well. Facebook first launched Lite a year ago, intending it for markets whose fickle or low-bandwidth internet connections would collapse under the weight of the full-fledged Messenger platform. You may have heard of Messenger Lite already, and if you live outside of the US, UK, Canada, or Ireland, you may already be using it. Anecdotally, there’s a decent chance you harbor deep resentments toward its sluggishness, its bloat, and its liberally borrowed Snapchat features. Statistically speaking, there’s a pretty good chance you’re one of the 1.2 billion people who use Facebook Messenger at least once a month.
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