Facebook has introduced a new app that will allow Wi-Fi users to pay money in developing countries. The app called 'Express Wi-Fi' will be coordinated with the Wi-Fi networks distributed to them.
Already this app has been brought to Google Play Store. Currently the services of this app are available only in Indonesia and Kenya.
This app will help users to buy data packs more easily and find nearby hotspots, said Technology Site TechCrunch. Prior to entering the express Wi-Fi network, the user had to launch the mobile device's web browser or download an app from a local telecommunication firm. Telecommunication companies are asked to download smartphone settings for app download. And in any of these two ways, the user is not able to find nearby hotspots, as mentioned in the technology site Virg's report.
Although the app is available in only two countries, currently serving as a local service in five countries, the world's largest social media service is providing Wi-Fi network. These countries are - Kenya, India, Tanzania, Nigeria and Indonesia.
This Wi-Fi network relies on the local business organizations operating in the Wi-Fi hotspot. These hotspots allow people using a network of local Internet service providers or ISPs to access high speed internet over existing slower mobile internet connections.
In a statement sent to TechCrunch, Facebook said, "Facebook is leaving the Express Wi-Fi app in Google Play Store to give people a better and safer way to save people faster and faster through local express Wi-Fi hotspots."