

Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. That’s because if downloading Lite makes them respond to more messages more quickly, it thereby encourages friends to stick with Messenger instead of defaulting back to SMS or iMessage, or straying to Snapchat.During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. The new rollout could help Facebook attract more teens to Messenger, both traditional and Lite. Now Sensor Tower estimates Messenger Lite has been download 47 million times since launch, led by India and Brazil. “Messenger Lite is a slimmed-down version of Messenger that offers the core features of the app, while giving everyone the opportunity to stay connected to their friends and family, regardless of device or quality of internet connectivity.”įacebook first launched Messenger Lite in October 2016 in five countries before its near global expansion in April. and the U.S.,” a Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch. “We’re excited to bring Messenger Lite to Android users in four new markets, including Canada, Ireland, the U.K. But now its expansion into Facebook’s top developed world markets makes it a tool for penny-pinching users like teenagers who want to avoid burning away their pricey megabytes but still stay in touch. Previously, Messenger Lite was primarily for users in areas with weak bandwidth so the app would run faster. There’s still no plan for an iOS version, though. Messenger Lite packs most of the critical features of the app, but skips things like Messenger Day and selfie lenses that can drain data. and Ireland after previously being available in more than 100 mostly developing countries. Now the Messenger Lite Android app is expanding to the U.S., Canada, the U.K. Facebook’s data-conserving version of Messenger is no longer just for developing nations with slow networks.
