Not very long ago I had a phone with 512MB RAM. It also uses 100MB of RAM or more on average with the maximum usage crossing 300MB. Even a fresh installation takes about 150MB or more storage space which only multiplies as and how you use it. The original Messenger app like the Facebook app takes pride in consuming resources. Here’s a quick comparison of how the two Messenger apps from Facebook fare against one another.Īlso see: How to Enable Hidden Internal Settings on Facebook & Messenger Apps 1. You do end up missing out on all the fancy features of the original Messenger app though. These are probably the biggest reasons why Messenger Lite has made it to Google’s most popular apps of 2017 lists in so many countries.
What? It consumes less data and resources too? Awesome! It does what it is supposed to do and nothing more. It lets you message your friends on Facebook and … nothing.
Luckily, Messenger Lite arrived soon and it is quite good. The constant UI redesigns to incorporate Snapchat-like features made Messenger the mess it used to be. I can’t possibly be the only one irked by those unwanted features. Then began Facebook’s Snapchat-lexia and like all other apps owned by the company, Messenger became a mess trying to include a built-in Snapchat. It even managed to gain 1.2 billion monthly active users.Īlong the way, the company also managed to buy WhatsApp. Things soon started to look good though as users accepted Messenger and the app adopted Material design, it was all going great. To say the Messenger app started on a rocky relationship with users wouldn’t completely be wrong. Why should users download another app just to message friends on Facebook? Well, the company answered by removing messaging from its official app. When Facebook introduced its own Messenger app to compete with WhatsApp and the others, it didn’t make much sense. By now, almost everyone knows about Facebook’s companion Messenger app and its lighter version Messenger Lite.
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