Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite for Android in September
Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite for Android in September
techcrunch.com Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite for Android in September | TechCrunch
Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite, its lightweight stripped-down version of Messenger, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.
- Meta is retiring Messenger Lite, a simpler version of Messenger aimed at phones with lower-end specs.
- The app was introduced in 2016 for Android users and had been downloaded about 760 million times globally, with India being the top user.
- Although there was an iOS version, it was closed in 2020. - In other news, Messenger will stop supporting SMS next month, and Meta aims to add end-to-end encryption to Messenger chats by year's end.
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