Description of the Facebook Lite application, the light version

As you know, Facebook is a new technological empire that controls Internet services day after day, and as its primary application, Facebook has become the most used application in the various stores in both Android and iPhone versions, but despite that, these applications are considered to be developed by Facebook. Facebook, whether it is the main Facebook application or Facebook Lite. The Facebook Messenger application is considered one of the applications that consume most of your phone's resources and hardware, such as the battery and processor, which prompts users to search for alternatives to the Facebook application, which is what we discussed in the article.

Today, we will discuss the official alternative to the Facebook application on Android phones, which is the Facebook Lite application, because this application is considered the official lighter version that the company launched to meet the needs of users searching for social media. Ways to browse Facebook on weak or medium-sized phones. This app has been a huge success, receiving over a billion downloads from the Google Play Store alone. In this topic, we will review this application in detail, show you its features, the most important things that it offers you, as well as what are the shortcomings and areas for improvement.

What is the Facebook Lite application?

Facebook Lite can be considered a miniature version of the Facebook application, as it is programmed and developed with different priorities, which are only preserving the phone’s battery life and reducing other resources (such as the processor, random access memory (RAM), or random access memory) and finally reducing excess Internet consumption, because this application aims Mainly weak or medium sized mobile phones and such phones tend to be found in countries that do not provide strong internet connections and after launching this application with these specifications of course it is ready to achieve great success. If your phone is low on memory or feeling slow, you can use Face Lite. This app will take a lot of load on your phone while performing general tasks on your device.

What is the difference between Facebook Lite and the full version of Facebook?

You may be wondering what is the difference between these two applications, one is very light on the device and the other is the opposite? To answer this question, we will make a simple comparison through which you can understand the basic differences between the two applications, the Facebook Lite application and the basic Facebook application.

Facebook Lite: You will not notice much difference when opening Facebook through the web browser on your phone (such as Google Chrome) using this application. In simple terms, the Facebook Lite application is just a browser dedicated to navigating Facebook with ease and for a better user experience, which you will clearly feel when you try to navigate between pages, add comments, or view notifications. You will notice that when you do any of these actions, the downloading takes place, in an unaffected manner just like opening Facebook from the browser. So, if your use is limited, such as quickly browsing news, viewing some information and photos, and quickly leaving the app, then Facebook Lite will suit you, but if your use is different, you should check out the full version.

Facebook application: Here we are talking about the main application that Facebook spent several years developing. You will notice a uniquely designed user interface where everything is carefully arranged. The application generally relies on different technologies to provide a faster and better experience, but it requires a powerful device or phone to provide the necessary hardware to run the technologies provided by this application. Therefore, if your device is a leading or above-average phone, you must switch to this version, and of course you will need a faster and better Internet connection than the previous version in order for this version to work with you without any problem.

Review the most important features of the new Face Lite application

Facebook Lite doesn't offer many features. As we mentioned, it is just a browser or Facebook website browser with some simple features added. However, below we will explain to you everything that Facebook Lite for Android has to offer so that you know if this app will meet your needs.

The main interface: The main interface is the first thing that appears after logging into the application, and it is the interface that you see most often because it contains the latest news, including photos and publications published by your favorite pages, in addition to publications and photos of friends. In addition, the interface also contains buttons It takes you directly to different parts of the app, which we'll explain in detail below.

Friend Requests: This is the first button after the news button and will display all the friend requests you have received on the app. And of course you can see more suggestions to add more friends you may know, as shown in the picture. You can also import contacts from your phone history. To find out which contacts have a Facebook account, after applying this step, the application will show you the people registered on your phone whose accounts are linked to these numbers, and of course you can send friend requests to them.

Chat: This is the second part of the application, and it is considered an alternative to the famous Facebook Messenger application, where you can manage conversations or chats with people and pages on Facebook, where you can send and receive messages and there is no need for an additional application to send messages as it works similar to the WhatsApp application, but unfortunately it does It does not currently support voice calling or video calling features. You may also have trouble using emojis or emoticons, but you can add them directly from your keyboard. In general, you may notice some differences in usage between this application and the basic Messenger application, because this version is a lite version.

Notifications: This is an important part of the app because it shows you notifications. If you don't know what a notification is, it's just an alert you get when someone comments on a certain photo or post of yours, or likes your comment. You will receive alerts or notifications when you create a new post and leave a comment, and the application provides you with the ability to fully control these notifications by using the general notification settings, where you can block specific categories of notifications, block all notifications, or through the notification settings themselves, so if you receive a notification You will find three horizontal dots at the bottom. Click on it and you will find the option to delete this notification or close these notifications.

Videos: This is a new section launched by Facebook, apparently to compete with the popular video service YouTube. This section shows you the most popular videos in your area. It also shows you recommended videos from Pages you like so you can follow news through videos instead of traditional photos and posts. Although this is a great feature, I don't really like it because most of the time it doesn't show you videos based on your interests like YouTube does because it focuses on the videos that get the most interactions, so you can only view videos that contain content that is not You like it.

Account Information: This section enables you to access your personal account and the pages that you manage, knowing that there is a dedicated application for managing pages. There is also the possibility of quick access to your activities, photos, friends, and in general all parts of the application. You can also scroll to the end of the list to access the app settings. Also account settings and at the end you will find the option to log out (if necessary).

Features of the Facebook Lite application

Lightweight and fast: You will never again face any problems related to the speed of the application or its impact on the phone, as it is a lightweight version that is only a few megabits and you will get a very unique performance.

Official app: If you have any issues with the main app, this is the only official alternative you can use, which of course ensures greater security and privacy.

Compatibility: You can download this application on any Android phone, regardless of its specifications and hardware, as the application is compatible with most phones and types of processors (old and new).

Memory consumption: If you are one of the owners of phones with smaller memory, do not worry, as the application will not cost you more than 10 MB at most while you can enjoy all its features.

Built-in Messenger: Although a Messenger Lite version is also available, you don't need to download Facebook Messenger because the app includes a built-in messenger that you can use to message your friends.

Application Features: The application offers all the features that are fully available in the basic application and you will not find anything missing in it as you can track everything just like with the basic application.

Disadvantages of the Facebook Lite application

Downloads and Caching: The caching or internal storage technology in the Facebook Lite app does not work perfectly and is actually quite annoying. This happens when you try to open comments on a specific photo or post. You will find that the application opens a new page and the download begins. If you go out and reopen the same comment again, you'll notice the same thing again. We hope that this problem will be resolved in the next update.

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