A brand new stand-alone application from Fb emerged within the Google Play retailer — Facebook Lite — aimed toward bringing the Fb expertise to decrease-finish Android units in a number of rising markets.
If the identify sounds acquainted, Fb launched a simplified model of its web site in 2009 underneath the identical identify, however it shut down that version of Facebook Lite in April 2010.
The social community confirmed to CNBC that Fb Lite is on the market in Bangladesh, Vietnam, Nigeria, Nepal, South Africa, Sudan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, and TechCrunch reported that the app requires simply 252 kilobytes of storage, in contrast with 25 megabytes for the Facebook flagship app, and it’s designed to work on 2G and different poor-high quality connections.
In accordance with TechCrunch, Fb Lite was based mostly on Snaptu, the social community’s shopper for function telephones, however it additionally consists of native Android options comparable to push notifications and integration with the cameras on units.
IHS senior cellular analyst Jack Kent informed CNBC:
Fb is properly-penetrated in Western markets, however should you take a look at the expansion within the markets it’s concentrating on, there’s actual alternative to develop its consumer base.
Fb’s technique has all the time been about rising customers then monetizing later. Fb Lite will assist construct an viewers and collect consumer knowledge
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