Facebook Lite launched to provide better experience on slower mobile networks

Facebook yesterday introduced Facebook Lite for the Emerging Markets where users face a slow internet connection. With the new apps, Android users around the world can access faster internet experience even in slower networks consuming less data.

In a Facebook Post Mark Zuckerberg announcing the new app said the New Facebook Lite app built for Android users at less than 1MB takes no longer than few seconds to download and update quickly. Users can almost experience same features like News Feed, status updates, photos, notifications and more with this lightly built app.

There are more than one billion people around the world who access Facebook from their mobile phone on a daily basis. Usually, users from the emerging countries face slow network connection- Facebook Lite is ideal for them- giving them a smooth experience of all Facebook features interrupting their conversation with friends and families.

Facebook has rolled this new app to be available in the countries across Asia and parts of Latin America, Europe and Africa that can be downloaded from Google Play Store.