Facebook is such a useful app to have installed on your smartphone that it is considered as a requirement for all devices nowadays. Everyone has a Facebook account and there’s no better app to use whenever you want to get in touch with an old friend or with a coworker. Although, the premium user experience that Facebook offers takes a large toll on the hardware specs of smartphones and this means that people who use lower-end devices will not be able to access Facebook. Fortunately, here is where Facebook Lite comes in and saves the day.
Facebook Lite
For the uninitiated, Facebook Lite is a lightweight version of the social media app and its software has been optimized to use up less mobile data than the original version of Facebook does. To make things even better, Facebook Lite only weighs in at 10MB and despite that, it still gives users access to the same plethora of powerful features as the original Facebook does.
New 157.0.0.6.118 Beta Update
The reason why Facebook Lite is making headlines on our website today is because the lightweight social media app has just received a new update. The update sports the 157.0.0.6.118 beta version number and it comes with a variety of bug fixes that take care of numerous issue which sometimes caused Facebook Lite to start lagging.
Conclusion
Our conclusion for the new Facebook Lite update is that it is a maintenance release. Even though update doesn’t introduce any new features, it’s still a high priority download because it comes with priceless bug fixes that improve the overall software stability of the lightweight social media app. In addition, the developers of Facebook Lite have announced that the update is being rolled out via OTA (over the air) channels.
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