If your smartphone has been running slow or hanging because of memory hogging apps like Facebook messenger, you can switch to Messenger lite. In terms of memory, Facebook did a good job with this one. The original messenger app uses around 150MB of RAM when running in the background and 200MB when you’re using it

Once installed, the messenger lite app uses a total of 14MB of RAM when running. The app itself is just 4.24MB compared to more than 50MB for the original messenger app. You will see light weight nature of the app as soon as you start downloading it. If the app is not available in your country, you can install it manually by downloading the APK file from a trusted source like APK Mirror. When the app first launched, it was only available in a few countries like Kenya, but by now it has probable been made available in more countries. Should you download it? Is it better? Is it safer? Is it available in my country? Will it work on my phone?

So let’s take a look at What Facebook did with this app and how it compares to the original messenger app.

The reasons for launching this app are similar to the reasons they made Facebook Lite. Late last year, Facebook launched Messenger lite app which is a stripped down basic version of the official Facebook messenger app.

Facebook messenger lite app