Meta to discontinue Messenger Lite app in September; no longer available to new users

In addition to the shutting down of Messenger Lite, Meta announced earlier this week that the main Messenger app will be losing support for SMS in September as well. — Photo by Alexander Shatov on Unsplash

Meta is discontinuing Messenger Lite, a lightweight version of the its Facebook Messenger app intended for less powerful Android devices, on Sept 18.

Existing users of the messaging app reported being greeted by a notice advising them to switch to the main Messenger app, with the lightweight version of the app having already been removed from the Google Play Store for new users.