It’s the same reason Facebook bought WhatsApp.

This might seem an odd decision on the surface, but viewed through the lens of a company that wants to spread its tendrils as far and wide as possible, it makes sense.

The real reason that Facebook is pushing chat into its Messenger is to create another platform or silo from which Facebook can access you as a user. This will have a positive effect on phones with limited memory and smaller battery.Facebook and Facebook Messenger are two of the most popular non-native apps on Android, alongside other Facebook-owned apps Instagram and WhatsApp. Also, during the memory tests, we found, the original using up 300MB of RAM, while the Lite app occupied only 90MB of RAM. It takes up just 22MB of space on your smartphone after installation, while the latter needs 210MB of space. Though you miss out on some of the key features, you can’t ignore the fact that the new app loads a lot faster than the original on slower networks. The menu page looks trimmed down too.In order to enable chat heads for every new message, it uses Messenger as the default messaging app and carry out encrypted chats have been left out too. Users will have to go to the original app to access them. In terms of features, the more resource-intensive ones such as video streaming, games and video calling have been left out completely. To make a call, you have to go to the contacts page now. This bar carried shortcut buttons for calling, messaging, gaming and video recording with the option to apply fun filters and add text. Also, the shortcut bar at the bottom of the page in the original Messenger app has been given a miss.

The slide with active users and their photos is above recent messages, while in the original app it shows after the messages. The home page on the Messenger Lite looks slightly different from the original app.

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