To tackle this problem, Facebook introduced Messenger Lite to us in 2016. An all-in-one app, Messenger, helps you connect with your friends, create groups, see loved ones on video and even play games with them.Īlthough a fantastic app to connect with the world, it can get a bit buggy and sluggish as it becomes heavier. Messaging apps have been a thing for a long time, but the one that stands out the most nowadays is Facebook Messenger.

Over the years, we have gone through numerous technological changes. This will have a positive effect on phones with limited memory and smaller battery.We, humans, are social butterflies who love being around people and getting to know each other. Also, during the memory tests, we found, the original using up 300MB of RAM, while the Lite app occupied only 90MB of RAM.

It takes up just 22MB of space on your smartphone after installation, while the latter needs 210MB of space. Though you miss out on some of the key features, you can’t ignore the fact that the new app loads a lot faster than the original on slower networks. The menu page looks trimmed down too.In order to enable chat heads for every new message, it uses Messenger as the default messaging app and carry out encrypted chats have been left out too. Users will have to go to the original app to access them. In terms of features, the more resource-intensive ones such as video streaming, games and video calling have been left out completely. To make a call, you have to go to the contacts page now. This bar carried shortcut buttons for calling, messaging, gaming and video recording with the option to apply fun filters and add text. Also, the shortcut bar at the bottom of the page in the original Messenger app has been given a miss. The slide with active users and their photos is above recent messages, while in the original app it shows after the messages. The home page on the Messenger Lite looks slightly different from the original app.

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