After "Facebook Light" and "Messenger Lite", Facebook, the owner of the Instagram application, announced that it had launched a "mini" version of it called "Instagram Lite" in 170 countries, in order to allow those who face poor Internet connection to use the photo-sharing application. And video clips.
Instagram Lite will be available for phones running the Android operating system and needing less bandwidth than the traditional version.
The mini version only needs two megabytes, compared to 30 megabytes for the original app and can run even on slower 2G networks, which allows customers in parts of India, Africa, Asia and Latin America, where internet infrastructure is obsolete, to use the service.
"These are the markets where the need is most (for this version)," Tzah Hadar, director of production management at Facebook in Tel Aviv, where most of the app was developed, told Reuters.
He added, "It uses much less data, so if you have a small data package it will not run out when you use the service. But the goal is to provide the same amount of service that Instagram provides."
He added that launching the app in 170 countries is only a "step on the road."
This version provides users with access to Instagram photo and video menus and interfaces. It has also been equipped with modified technologies for displaying animated images, and retained the ability to display animated GIF files, the feature to display the “stories” feature, in addition to access to Reels Services, but does not support live filters and augmented reality features.
This version differs from the regular versions of the "Instagram" application also in the way some interfaces are displayed, as well as being equipped with simplified control buttons.