Facebook is discontinuing the iOS version of Facebook Lite, a ‘lite’ variant of the social media app specially developed for users of old or low-cost smartphones and for people living in areas with a very average mobile network.
The Brazilian website MacMagazine discovered that Facebook Lite is no longer present in the App Store for iOS devices. In the Play Store for Android users, the streamlined Facebook application is still well in place.
‘Too little interest’
A spokesperson for the social network announced that the iOS version will be withdrawn because it received too little interest. One explanation could be that somewhat older iPhones are still powerful enough to run the classic version of the Facebook app. What can’t be said about the many cheap Android phones.
Facebook Lite has also been available in Belgium since the summer of 2015, but the iOS version was only released there in 2018, along with a Lite variant of the Messenger chat app. Moreover, it appears again and again in the App Store for iOS devices.
The Brazilian website MacMagazine discovered that Facebook Lite is no longer present in the App Store for iOS devices. In the Play Store for Android users, the streamlined Facebook application is still well in place, however, a spokesperson for the social network has announced that the iOS version will be withdrawn because it generated too little interest. One explanation could be that somewhat older iPhones are still powerful enough to run the classic version of the Facebook app. This cannot be said of the many cheap Android phones. Facebook Lite has also been available in Belgium since the summer of 2015, but the iOS version was only released there in 2018, together with a Lite variant of it. Messenger chat app. Moreover, it appears again and again in the App Store for iOS devices.
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