After a successful trial in the Philippines, Twitter is rolling out its "Lite" version in other areas as well. The Android app will become available in two dozen countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
Not too different from Facebook Lite, Twitter has also built a version of its app that's optimized for developing countries. Twitter Lite minimizes data usage, which makes it more accessible in regions where data plans are too expensive.
The app is able to load faster on a slow connection. Twitter says it is "more resilient on unreliable mobile networks," like 2G and 3G. Twitter additionally reduced the size of the app to under 3MB, so that it doesn't take up too much space on a phone.
The full list of countries where Twitter Lite is being made available is Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Israel, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Serbia, El Salvador, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Tanzania and Venezuela.
Twitter says its experiment in the Philippines has led to a greater than 50 percent increase in tweets.
The move should help Twitter expand its presence internationally. The company has 330 million monthly active users, the majority of whom are outside the U.S.
Not too different from Facebook Lite, Twitter has also built a version of its app that's optimized for developing countries. Twitter Lite minimizes data usage, which makes it more accessible in regions where data plans are too expensive.
The app is able to load faster on a slow connection. Twitter says it is "more resilient on unreliable mobile networks," like 2G and 3G. Twitter additionally reduced the size of the app to under 3MB, so that it doesn't take up too much space on a phone.
The full list of countries where Twitter Lite is being made available is Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Israel, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Serbia, El Salvador, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Tanzania and Venezuela.
Twitter says its experiment in the Philippines has led to a greater than 50 percent increase in tweets.
The move should help Twitter expand its presence internationally. The company has 330 million monthly active users, the majority of whom are outside the U.S.
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