The lightweight version of Facebook Messenger is deprecated in a few weeks. The app is no longer available for new users to download on Google Play and will soon stop working even for those who keep the app installed.

Facebook Messenger Lite alerts the app with a message It will stop working on September 18You will need to switch to the regular version, Facebook Messenger, to be able to continue chatting with your friends.

Goodbye Messenger Lite

There was a time when entry-level mobile phones were so constrained in power and storage that most of the regular apps were throttling the mobile phone’s limited resources or using an excessive percentage. Light or Lite apps were in vogue at that time Google has also done its part by releasing Google Go, a lightweight version of the operating system.

Facebook launched Messenger Lite in 2016 in response to the increasingly monstrous, bloated, slow, and overdose button-busting Facebook Messenger. in return, Messenger Lite was lightweight, simplified and only included the essentials. It’s a good option both for those who have a mobile with little power and for those who don’t need all the extras of the regular version.

Now, seven years later, Facebook is removing ventilator support from Messenger Lite and app will stop working from next September 18. Until then, you can continue to use it, but it will show a warning message inviting you to switch to regular Messenger.

Meta didn’t even bother to appeal the decision and directed you to Messenger to continue chatting with your friends. The fact is that the company Promises to make Messenger simple and easysomething that happened or didn’t happen, depending on who you ask. Some extra features like SMS, which arrived ten days after Messenger Lite on September 28, are gone and others will.

Messenger Lite’s imminent shutdown also joins many other apps. Google removes most Go appssome were eliminated in favor of the official version, such as Messenger, while others simply abandoned the last name.

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