No doubt, Facebook is the most popular social sharing network used by millions of people online. Facebook can be accessed by Web using standard Web Browser, Mobile Applications available on all mobile platforms, Mobile Browsers etc. Facebook wall no doubt contains a lot of images and consumes a lot of data un-necessarily even if not required by user.
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| Tips to minimize data consumed by Facebook |
So , here are a Few tips to minimize data consumed by Facebook . Tips may be helpful for users on very limited data networks and using them certainly can lower their monthly usage.
Use suitable version of Facebook
Facebook has three different versions and all are accessible from all sort of devices. Hence, selecting the appropriate version according to you data usage will help you in minimizing data consumption.
- www.facebook.com is web version and uses maximum data.
- m.facebook.com is smartphone version and has medium data consumption rate.
- mbasic.facebook.com is mobile version and the most data efficient version.
- On Mobile, you can use Facebook Mobile Application to minimize data consumption as Application uses predefined layout and caching to save data to server user later.
Switch to Less data Usage Mode to save more
If you are on a very limited data pack, you can switch to Less data consumption mode to save 60% more data.
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| Switch to data Efficient Mode on facebook to save data |
- Go to [ Settings & Privacy > General > Data Usage and Select Less ].
- Save the settings and Now, images will only load when you wish to load load them.