Twitter Rolls Out 'Lite' Mobile Web Version Accessible to More Users

Twitter launched a pared down mobile web version that minimizes data usage, takes up less than 1 megabyte on a device, loads faster on slower connections and is "resilient on unreliable mobile networks," wrote Product Manager Patrick Traughber in a Thursday blog post. With "Twitter Lite," he said, the site will be accessible globally to millions more people who may operate on slower networks or lack storage on their devices. He said the new version still provides key features such as a user's timeline, tweets, direct messages, trends, profiles, media uploads and notifications. Traughber said a "data saver mode" will further reduce the amount of data used.