After bringing its pared-down Android app Messenger Lite to mature markets like the US and UK last autumn, Facebook is expanding its features to ramp up engagement. Today, the company announced that ...

Facebook updated its Messenger Lite app with video chat functionality. You can either start a video call from a conversation or turn a voice call into a video call. Designed for low-end phones with ...

Microsoft isn't the only one making video chat more accessible in its messaging app. Facebook is rolling out an update to Messenger Lite for Android that brings video chats to those with lower-end ...

Facebook today made its slimmed-down messaging app a bit more powerful with the addition of video chatting. Facebook calls video chats "an expected and essential part of everyday communication" and ...

Roger Cheng (he/him/his) was the executive editor in charge of CNET News, managing everything from daily breaking news to in-depth investigative packages. Prior to this, he was on the ...

Facebook has today introduced a new video chat feature to its Messenger Lite app. For those unaware, the app is meant to be just the barebones Messenger experience with only its core functionality.

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Messenger Lite, a stripped-down version of Facebook's popular Messenger chat client, has limited features by necessity; ...

Facebook’s Messenger Lite app for Android is getting video chat, adding the final feature the slimmed-down app needed to become a truly viable replacement for the full-featured Messenger. It’s an ...

In a news post today, Facebook said over 17 billion video chats were made on Messenger last year. The figure has more than doubled since 2016. Until now, people using Messenger Lite haven’t been able ...

Facebook has announced that it's adding video conversations to its Messenger Lite app. The social networking giant first launched Messenger Lite for Android users back in 2016 to serve those on slower ...