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Why Is Facebook Lite Rolling Out to Developed Countries?

Why Is Facebook Lite Rolling Out to Developed Countries?

When Facebook (FB) launched its lightweight Facebook Lite app in 2015, the focus was on developing markets, where it wanted to lift the constraints faced by its users. The goal of the stripped-down app was to give Facebook users in developing countries a product that consumed less data and less battery energy and loaded quickly on slow networks and low-spec phones.