Facebook has finally added a data saver option in Messenger to reduce the phone bill of users. This option is already available on Instagram and whatsApp. By enabling the data saver feature on Facebook Messenger, you can reduce your data consumption by Messenger and hence reduce your phone bill.
There is no rocket science in this feature. It just disables the auto download of images and videos while using cellular data. If you are using WiFi, this feature will do nothing. But on cellular data, if you receive any video or image, it will show you the option “click to download”. If you plan to download later when you connect to WiFi, you can wait.
How to enable Data Saver in Messenger
Here are the steps to enable Data Saver in Messenger
Step 1: Visit your profile and tap on option saying “Data Saver”.
Step 2: Enable the option to start using it.
It also shows the estimated mobile data you saved. You also get the option to reset the counter.
Final words
If you use Messenger for conversations, sharing photos and videos, this option will be helpful for you and you can avoid downloading less useful content to save mobile data. Even if this is a small addition, it will still be helpful in reducing your data consumption.
Deepanker Verma is the founder of Techlomedia. He is a tech blogger, developer and gadget freak.
Scroll, Scroll, Pause, Like, scroll again, comment, keep scrolling – this is probably how some of us start our day, and end it too – scrolling through endless list of feeds and posts from our very dear Facebook friends. Only downside is your mobile data is draining away for every post or picture that you view, and you really wish your Facebook friends would buy you mobile data so you’d keep scrolling all day long.
However, the Facebook app has an inbuilt data saver feature that compresses the data on your feed so each new post doesn’t consume so much data. Data Saver also prevents videos from auto-playing on your timeline.
Data Saver can be set to turn on only when you’re not using Wi-Fi. That way, even if you like autoplay videos, you can at least make sure Facebook only plays them when are using Wi-Fi.
So, follow the steps below to turn on data saver.
- Open the Facebook app, tap on the hamburger menu on the right-hand side and scroll down to Data Saver.
- Tap on Data Saver and you’ll get a toggle feature to turn Data Saver on and off.
- If you turn Data Saver on, you’ll also have the option to automatically turn the feature off when you are connected to Wi-Fi.
There you go. Now you can consume a little less data than you usually do.
