Meta discontinues Messenger Lite for Android, it will be unavailable after Sep 18. Users need to install regular Messenger app instead

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I have not found any news article on this on a whim. Because my friends and family, I need to use Facebook Messenger, and Messenger Lite was a OK client - lightweight, no unnecessary features, etc., compared to the regular Messenger app.

Now I'm a little torn, having a Meta app on my phone is already bad, but having to downgrade to the bloated Messenger app? Not sure I will make a change. What are your thoughts?

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Is their messenger still a 150 MB monster that gets updated twice a day?

Yes, and they constantly change how parts of the UI work, most often getting more in the way of efficient actual messaging... It's really bad.

They cut the size down to 30 MB on iOS in 2019, but they're back to 110 since (on Android, it's 60 MB).

EDIT: In terms of updates, they are pretty stable at one update a week on both systems.

I think the Facebook Lite app includes messaging too.