Just like the main app it’ll offer access to core experiences like News Feed, status updates, photos and notifications and judging by the screenshot posted on Monday, it’ll feature the annexed Facebook Messenger platform. The Facebook Lite app for Android, which the company began testing in January, is designed to consume less data than its forebear, enabling it to work well across a variety of network conditions. Do be warned that this isn’t an official source for LinkedIn Lite.Facebook has officially unveiled a new app for Android phones, which is intended to assist those without reliable internet service gain access to the social network. LinkedIn Lite isn’t available outside of India just yet, so you’ll want to use a third-party app repository like APKMirror to get in on the action. Skype’s lightweight app touts communication under “limited network conditions”, a smaller install size and a data usage monitor. It’s not the first time that a Microsoft-owned service has developed a Lite app either, with Skype Lite previously being released in India. Read more: 8 apps addressing some of South Africa’s pressing problems Twitter has also launched Twitter Lite, being a web app for data-conscious users. Both apps drastically reduce their storage footprint, while also cutting back on data usage. It’s not the first time we’ve seen Lite apps for social media either, with Facebook previously launching Facebook Lite and Messenger Lite. The new app is out in India right now, but LinkedIn reportedly plans to launch in 60 countries in the coming weeks and months. LinkedIn Lite offers the same functionality as the normal app, but with a reduced data footprint

That doesn’t mean that you’ve got significantly hobbled functionality though, as users are still able to search for (and make) connections, chat, see job openings, edit profiles and get news feed updates.

It’s also claimed that the app is optimised for slower connections, with pages loading in under five seconds, “even on a 2G network”. The publication says that the new app is 1MB in size, making it ideal for low-end smartphones that have a tiny amount of storage.

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