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Meta’s Messenger Lite app for Android is being shut down in September, as reported by 9to5Google. The app launched as a extra, effectively, light-weight method to discuss to folks on the corporate’s Messenger platform (former Verge staffer Vlad Savov was a fan), however you received’t be capable to use it after September 18th.
Whenever you open the app, you’ll apparently see a immediate that pushes you towards the principle Messenger app, 9to5Google says. The app additionally isn’t accessible to obtain on Google Play if you happen to haven’t downloaded it earlier than.
Meta confirmed the closure in an announcement to TechCrunch. “Beginning August 21, folks utilizing the Messenger Lite app for Android will probably be directed to Messenger or FB Lite to ship and obtain messages on Messenger,” a Meta spokesperson mentioned.
The announcement of Meta’s Messenger Lite shutdown arrives on the heels of one other massive Messenger change for Android. Earlier this month, Meta introduced that you just’ll now not be capable to use Messenger as your default SMS app on Android after September twenty eighth.