Twitter has announced that it has added 21 more countries to its Twitter Lite app. This makes the data-saving app available in more than 45 countries in total. The app was introduced last year with the goal of bringing in more users from emerging markets to Twitter.
Interestingly, Twitter is not the only tech giant that has developed a data-saving version of its app. There is also Facebook Lite and YouTube Go. Twitter Lite is designed to load faster on slower network connections, like 2G and 3G, and also has a smaller footprint, so it takes up less space on the phone.
The app was first launched as a test in the Philippines in September, before rolling out to a couple dozen more countries in November.
Twitter’s hope is that by addressing the needs of those low-bandwidth users in international markets, the company could help increase its overall user base, which has remained fairly stagnant.
Today, the company is making the app available to 21 countries, including Argentina, Belarus, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Romania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
