Facebook applications on Android are known to make the telephone moderate and slow. In one of the current examinations directed by The Guardian, it was demonstrated that Facebook applications (Facebook, Messenger, and so on) can affect different applications introduced on your telephone and can likewise decrease battery life by 20%. Because of this conduct of Facebook applications, numerous clients either uninstall them from the telephone or introduce a lite option that capacities better.
[ad type=”banner”]Facebook Messenger likewise comes in the rundown of breaking down applications and on the off chance that you have a decent number of companions who keep in contact with you through dispatcher, you may search for choices. Be that as it may, because of the always showing signs of change API of Facebook, very few engineers adapt up well and they go stale and quit working before long.
Still, there are a couple applications which have been refreshed with time and give you a consistent ordeal to keep in contact with your Facebook companions. We will observe a portion of the best errand person options.
1. Disa.im
- Disa is a multi messenger service that unites several messaging service under a single roof and the fact that each service works using a third-party open source plugin, makes it the most valuable contender in the list. After installing the app, you will have to add the Facebook Messenger as a plugin and it will be downloaded from an external source.
- Now you might not get the big like button and the stickers, but this gets the job done. You cannot install more than two accounts using Disa and only works for one primary account.
- Disa will then ask you to login to Facebook using your credentials and you can log in. That’s all. You will be shown the list of friends and you can start chatting with them without any issues.
- Install(free)
2. Facebook Messenger Lite
- Like Facebook Lite, the recently discharged Facebook Messenger Lite application is a stripped down variant of the Messenger application. The application is gone for individuals in creating nations where the web velocities are entirely moderate. It’s additionally gone for more established cell phones that don’t generally adapt well to present day and concentrated applications like Facebook Messenger.
- The application offers the center elements from Messenger, such as sending and recieving messages, accepting stickers, sharing photographs and interfaces, and is truly lightweight. It misses out on different elements like the as of late presented Stories, talk bots, sending stickers, calls, voice messages yet in the event that you approve of simply sending messages and sharing pictures without impeding your cell phone, the Facebook Messenger Lite is a decent contrasting option to the Messenger application.
- As of now, the app is only available in a few countries including Kenya, Tunisia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela but you can easily install it from the Play Store via aworkaround or by downloading an APK file of the app.
- Install(free)
3. Trillian
- Disa only supports Facebook and WhatsApp under a single roof, however, if you love to stay online from multiple online services like Google Task, AIM, Yahoo, etc., Trillian can be your next best bet. After installing the Trillian app, you will have to create an in-house Trillian account which will be used to log in to the app.
- Having done that, head over to the settings and then select the option to add an IM account.
- That’s all, here you can add Facebook as an account and then login with your credentials to sign in. The best thing about using Trillian is that you can configure multiple Facebook accounts. It helps if you have multiple online identities.
- Install(free)
4.Metal for Facebook
- We have already covered this app while talking about the Facebook app alternatives on Android. While Metal is basically a mobile website wrapper in an app, it does give the option to chat directly from the app. The application is light weight and you will always get a feeling that it’s just a web browser you are using.
- Alternatively, you can also enable the background notification for websites on Android and just login to Facebook using Chrome. The Chrome will run the web service in the background and notify you when you have a new message and then you can chat directly using the browser itself. Frankly, there’s hardly any difference between using the Metal for Facebook and Chrome for the Facebook web browser.
- Install(free)