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Instagram announced the arrival of a lighter version of the app, which uses less data and leaves out some features. After testing for some time in Mexico and India, Instagram Lite will be launched in more than 170 countries with a focus on emerging markets.
Instagram Lite will allow you to take and share photos, create stories, view the feed of images and the Explore and IGTV sections. Perhaps most importantly, will arrive without annoying advertising which has been saturating the app for a few months now. It won't include the Store option either, and users won't be able to create Reels, only view them.
In short, Instagram Lite would be the Instagram we've always known.. An app for creating and sharing images, with a few extra touches like Stories. The app weighs just 2 MB and consumes little data, similar to other applications such as Facebook Lite, Messenger Lite or YouTube Go.
The company's focus is Attract users from countries with poor internet connections, although the result might interest some who are disappointed with the type of app Instagram has become. The latest redesign abandoned the original concept of viewing and sharing photos to focus on two useless features: Reels and the Store.
With the reduction in size some things will also be lost. While stickers will still be available to add to Stories, not all creation options will remain available. It will also not include end-to-end encryption or the dark mode, although the latter will be integrated in future updates along with the advertisements.
Judging by the pictures, the application design It is identical to the one I had before November 2020. Instagram Lite is Designed for low-end Android devices and limited networks, so the interface should be faster and more intuitive.
Instagram Lite debuted in Mexico in 2018 and spread to other countries like India in a testing phase. At the time, the app only weighed 570 kb and included some basic features for sharing and viewing photos, although it left out videos and direct messages.
At the end of 2020 its launch in India was made official, where Facebook has put special interest in testing its lightweight applications.
Perhaps the saddest news is that Instagram Lite will not be coming to the iPhoneThe company confirmed that it will be gradually rolled out in more than 170 countries starting today. It will be interesting to see how it handles advertising in the future, as it's one of the app's most data-intensive features.
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