Flipkart to team up with Facebook to make its app and website lighter for smartphone users

Flipkart wants to widen its reach among those who consume less data & don't update their apps often

Buffering woes and continuous reminders to update apps always annoy mobile phone users. Considering this factor, Flipkart is working with Facebook to ensure that the company's website and app works smoothly on low-cost smartphones and slower networks.

Flipkart wants to widen its reach among those who consume less data and don't update their apps often. 

Developers from both companies are working on the project via open source to make the website work on low networks i.e. by consuming low data, an Economics Times report said.

The company wants to increase the number of users who access the