Facebook on Wednesday introduced video chat feature in Messenger Lite app, which is a slimmed down version of Messenger for Android intended for people with older devices and/or slower Internet ...

While racing towards their goal of bringing more people online, Facebook has introduced a basic version of their messaging service for Android users. Messenger Lite features the core features of ...

It’s been exactly one year since Facebook released a lighter-weight version of its popular Messenger instant messaging application in emerging nations like Kenya, Tunisia and Venezuela. Now, the app ...

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Once upon a time, Facebook’s Messenger app was just a way to send chat message to your friends. Over the years the social network has loaded the app with features like the ability send GIFs, play ...

Facebook Messenger Lite, the low-data version of Facebook Messenger that came to the United States last February, is getting video chat functionality in an upcoming update. The app first debuted as a ...

Statistically speaking, there’s a pretty good chance you’re one of the 1.2 billion people who use Facebook Messenger at least once a month. Anecdotally, there’s a decent chance you harbor deep ...

Each month, over one billion people around the world use Facebook Messenger on a range of devices with varying speeds and network reliability. To make sure that everyone is able to continue using the ...

With all the new features Facebook is adding into its apps (including multiple cloned Snapchat features), it has become more and more necessary to have a de-bloated, lite version of the app. Facebook ...

In a bid to push its services in emerging markets, Facebook has today introduced Messenger Lite for users with slow connections and underpowered smartphones. As it sounds like, Messenger Lite is an ...

Facebook's Messenger Lite has been available for the last couple of years, but only for Android. Until now, that is. TechCrunch reports that the company has now launched a version for iOS, but it's ...