Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite for Android in September
techcrunch.com
- 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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The lite version has 4 fewer trackers and 20-ish fewer requested permissions...still pretty crazy. Check them out on Exodus
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