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Facebook Lite released in Indonesia
(AFP)Facebook, the largest online social networking platform, comes in a smaller size as a solution for users concerned with limited bandwidth who want to avoid data and battery guzzling mobile applications
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Facebook, the largest online social networking platform, comes in a smaller size as a solution for users concerned with limited bandwidth who want to avoid data and battery guzzling mobile applications.
Facebook Lite was officially released in Indonesia on Thursday, the onset of a rollout to other countries in the region. It will be available in the coming week in Latin America, Africa and Europe.
This new application strips out the frills and allows users to make use of all the essential features that include updating statuses, uploading photos and chatting.
Weighing in at just 435 kilobytes ' in comparison with up to 40 megabytes for the original Facebook ' it performs well on either low-end smartphones or on 2G network connections.
"We continue to want to push ourselves [...]. We can do more to give them the best experience. This is about improving the experience for the millions of Facebook users today and about us being passionate and caring about removing obstacles for the next billion people [...], because 2G is not going anytime soon," said Facebook Lite product manager Vijay Shankar who was in town for the application launch.
The application is now available for Android phones, but it functions well on tablets and Apple devices.
Currently there are 73 million active users of Facebook in Indonesia, 65 million of them log on to their accounts from their phones at least once a month. (ika)
