'But right now we're focused on creating the best user experience, and will continue to improve the experience based on feedback we gather from people using Facebook Lite,' she said. According to ClickZ, Facebook Lite will give advertisers greater access to consumers in developing regions across Asia, especially in India and Indonesia.Ī Facebook spokesperson confirmed to ClickZ that users would be able to see some ads on Facebook Lite. was recently launched in Pakistan after gaining presence in Indonesia.ĭefinitely Facebook is pushing the envelope by bringing basic and faster services in emerging countries but it is keeping advertisers happy too. However, Facebook's another ambitious project - an initiative to provide basic internet access has been gaining pace even though it has been heavily criticized in India. Things haven't been good, plans for building satellite has been shunned due to the price tag. Later on Facebook acquired Snaptu and integrated its technology to build 'Facebook For Every Phone' In mid 2013 Facebook announced that there were more than 100 million people using the technology and getting accustomed to the world of social networks.Īfter that, Facebook revealed its plans to bring Internet to the third-world via drones, satellites, lasers, and more.

In India, it was available to almost all mobile phone users, except those who are using network of BSNL. In 2011 U2opia launched Fonetwish which allowed users in emerging markets to access Facebook on basic phones without any data plans. To begin with, Facebook has rolled out in Asia, and over the coming weeks it will be available in parts of Latin America, Africa and Europe.įacebook has been chasing consumers in developing markets now for years. Facebook Lite was built for these situations, giving people a reliable Facebook experience when bandwidth is at a minimum,' said the company release.įacebook Lite - an app less than 1MB includes core experiences like News Feed, status updates, photos, notifications and more. In many areas, networks can be slow and not able to support all the functionality found in Facebook for Android. 'More than a billion people around the world access Facebook from a range of mobile devices on varying networks. Earlier last week Facebook announced the launch of Facebook Lite, a new stripped down version of Facebook for Android that uses less data and works well across all network conditions.

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