Instagram released a lightweight version of the mobile application

The popular Instagram photo service, the audience of which has recently exceeded 1 billion users, intends to continue to develop further. In order to attract users from countries with a weak coating of mobile Internet and expensive traffic, the company released a lightweight version of the Android mobile application, called Instagram Lite.

According to The Verge , the Instagram Lite application appeared in the Google Play store, but so far it is available only to users from Mexico - the company promises that users from other countries will be able to install it soon.

According to the Instagram representative, the lightweight version of the main application takes less space on the device, saves mobile traffic and works faster. And if the second two statements require verification, then the first is not in doubt: Instagram Lite “weighs” only 573 kilobytes, while the volume of the usual version of the IOS application is 141 MB (246 times more).

The Instagram Lite functionality allows you to publish photos and endangered records on Stories, however, the publication of video recordings and sending personal messages through the Direct section is not yet available to users of the new application.

Note that other companies also produce special versions of their applications for developing countries. For example, the YouTube video hosting, Facebook messenger and Twitter microblogs service.