The update brings Facebook Lite to more regions, including the definitely not emerging markets of South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Italy. Facebook has also found that people who use Facebook Lite tend to share phones, so it has provided an easier way to log on and off their accounts in this new update. Performance improvements are a given with any update, especially when the company wants to assure a fast, reliable connection to the social network no matter what. Business users, for example, can use the more feature-rich update to reach mobile-only and mobile-first customers while using less data. COO Sheryl Sandberg was keen to outline the benefits that users of the standalone app are getting.

Facebook created Lite as a pared down version of its main app in 2015 for lower-end Android phones with spotty network connections. Fortunately, there's an update that rolls out many missing features today such as the ability to Like, Comment and Share posts. Neither do any of the 200 million users worldwide taking advantage of the bare-bones version of the app. Just because you're using Facebook Lite, it doesn't mean you want to compromise on features.

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