Facebook Messenger is a really popular communication app. It’s only real downside is that it’s incredibly bloated. On my Moto E4, it weighs in at just under 60MB, which makes sense—not only does it have all the messaging features that you want, it also has audio and video calling (nice), chat heads (alright), a Snapchat Story clone (why?), games (not that you knew), and lots more under the hood.
Fortunately, Facebook has an alternative called Messenger Lite. On my Moto E4, it’s just 6MB in size; a tenth of what the full app is. Messenger Lite is designed to work anywhere, but especially on slow phones on low quality cellular networks. It’s been available for a while in India and Africa, but it’s now available in the US, European, and other Play Stores. (If you’ve got an iPhone…well, you’re out of luck. Messenger Lite is only available on Android and Facebook has no current plans to bring it to iOS.)
Messenger Lite is a stripped down version of Messenger. It only has the basic features—you know, the ones you care about in a messaging app. You can send and receive…
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