{"id":4514,"date":"2023-08-25T22:50:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/meta-is-shutting-down-messenger-lite-app-for-android"},"modified":"2023-08-25T22:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:50:39","slug":"meta-is-shutting-down-messenger-lite-app-for-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/meta-is-shutting-down-messenger-lite-app-for-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite app for Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta initially launched two Messenger apps for the Android platform. One was the regular Messenger app, and the other was the Messenger Lite, a lightweight application preferred by a limited user base. A new report suggests Meta is shutting down the Messenger Lite app for Android.\u00a0 No more Messenger Lite app for Android 9to5Google has reported that Meta is shutting down the Messenger Lite app for Android, on September 18.\u00a0The app was launched as a lightweight version of Messenger, ideal for use on slower data speeds.\u00a0 According to 9to5Google, if you open the app now, you will see a prompt that will ask you to use the original Messenger app. The Lite app isn\u2019t even available for download on the Google Play Store anymore.\u00a0 Source: 9to5Google Additionally, Meta has confirmed the app&#8217;s retirement via a statement to TechCrunch. Meta\u2019s spokesperson stated, \u201cStarting August 21, people using the Messenger Lite app for Android will be directed to Messenger or FB Lite to send and receive messages on Messenger.\u201d The shutdown of the Messenger Lite app will come alongside another important change for Android from Meta. After September 28th, you will be able to use the original Messenger app as your default SMS app on your Android smartphone. Have any thoughts on this? Drop us a line below in the comments, or carry the discussion to our&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;or&nbsp;Facebook. Editors\u2019 Recommendations: Meta is bringing Messenger back to the Facebook mobile app Facebook is finally testing default encryption in Messenger Messenger adds new shortcuts for&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/meta-shutting-down-messenger-lite-app-android\/\">Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite app for Android<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta initially launched two Messenger apps for the Android platform. One was the regular Messenger app, and the other was the Messenger Lite, a lightweight application preferred by a limited&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[243,606,300,1089,114,4216,1095,1128,1808,12,295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}