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Twitter Lite

Get world news, entertainment, politics, and sports highlights with less data

3.7

7 Votes

  • Category Social
  • Program license Free
  • Version 3.1.1
  • Size 201 KB
  • Works under: Android
  • Program available in English
  • Content rating Mature 17+
  • Package name com.twitter.android.lite
  • Program by Twitter, Inc.
    Twitter, Inc.1355 Market Street, Suite 900San Francisco, CA 94103

Twitter Lite: A lightweight, data-friendly alternative to the original Twitter app.

Overview

Twitter Lite is a streamlined version of the popular social media app, Twitter. Designed for data-conscious users or those using devices with limited storage, it aims to deliver the core Twitter experience without the bulk of the full-featured app. This Android app provides users with a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to follow trending topics, send tweets, and interact with others.

Performance and User Interface

Compared to the standard Twitter app, Twitter Lite is significantly smaller in size, making it ideal for devices with less storage space. The app performs well even on slower network connections, ensuring that users can access their timeline, notifications, and messages without significant lag or delays.

The user interface of Twitter Lite is simplistic yet intuitive. Despite its reduced size, the app retains the essential elements of Twitter's design, making navigation familiar to regular Twitter users. However, some users might miss the absence of the recently updated 'X' logo, which is a noticeable change from the original app.

Features

Twitter Lite houses all the core features of the original Twitter app. Users can tweet, retweet, reply, like, follow, or unfollow others, and explore trending topics on the go. The app also supports push notifications for direct messages and mentions, ensuring you won't miss any important updates.

One unique feature of Twitter Lite is its data-saving mode. When activated, this feature shows a preview of images and videos instead of automatically loading them. Users can decide to view the full content if they wish, giving them greater control over their data usage.

Conclusion

Twitter Lite is an excellent choice for users looking for a lightweight, data-friendly version of Twitter. While it does not feature all the bells and whistles of the full-featured app, it does a commendable job of delivering the key functionalities of Twitter in a lean, efficient package. Its data-saving feature is a welcome addition for users with limited data plans or slow network connections.

Pros

  • Lightweight and ideal for devices with limited storage
  • Efficient performance even on slow networks
  • Data-saving mode allows users to control their data usage
  • Maintains core functionalities of the original Twitter app

Cons

  • Lacks some features of the full-featured app
  • Absence of the updated 'X' logo might be off-putting to some users

We’ve completely rewritten Twitter Lite to be faster, more reliable, and up-to-date with new features – so you can enjoy all of the Twitter with less of the data.

Potentially dangerous permissions

  • READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Allows an application to read from external storage.
  • WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Allows an application to write to external storage.

Other permissions

  • ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: Allows applications to access information about networks.
  • INTERNET: Allows applications to open network sockets.
  • RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.
  • WAKE_LOCK: Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
  • com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
  • com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE