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Facebook does not have the greatest track record with its Android app. Users have long complained about performance issues and it sucking up battery and last year Facebook’s chief product officer, Chris Cox, took the unusual step of making his staff ditch their iPhones and move to Android until they sorted out the issues.
But the problems have remained, when the Facebook and Facebook Messenger apps are uninstalled, other apps on the smartphone launched 15% faster.
Despite the Facebook app not showing up as using a significant amount of power within Android’s built-in battery statistics, it was evidently consuming more power in the background than it needed to.
It turned out other Android services including Android system and Android OS showed reduced battery consumption when the Facebook app was uninstalled. Those services act as a buffer for many apps to the outside world when running in the background. So while Facebook didn’t look like it was using that much power, it was actually just being displayed elsewhere in Android’s statistics.
So, uninstalling the Facebook app saves both battery and speeds up Android phones, it seems. Obviously, it may be less convenient not to have the apps
Alternatively, you can simply use Facebook within Chrome on an Android phone: recent updates have enabled notifications for actions, chats and other features from Facebook even in the background, meaning the experience is very similar to using an app.
Either way, until Facebook improves its Android app, uninstalling it could save you 20% of your battery life a day, and speed up your phone.
A Facebook spokesperson said: “We have heard reports of some people experiencing speed issues stemming from our Android app. We are looking into this and will keep you posted. We are committed to continuing to improve these issues.”
The company made no mention of battery life issues, however.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/01/uninstalling-facebook-app-saves-up-to-20-of-android-battery-life

Uninstall and use what?

I obeserve this too when I checked my battery usage seeing Facebook I dont open consuming battery....

I swear, no be lie. It consumes a whole lot in my android. I always clear the cache everyday. After Facebook, the next on the list is Google Chrome. dat guy eats data like hell.

REDDEVILS1:
Uninstall and use what?

I always advise my colleagues to uninstall the Facebook app and install "lite".

Lite is also a Facebook app designed by them to be used in low end android phones(in fact when it was launched, high end phones were not allowed to install it via play store). I've come to realize that lite offers everything that the main app offers. Also lite has messaging inbuilt thereby not needing you to install Facebook messenger which runs your battery too.

2kurupt:
I always advise my colleagues to uninstall the Facebook app and install "lite".

Lite is also a Facebook app designed by them to be used in low end android phones(in fact when it was launched, high end phones were not allowed to install it via play store). I've come to realize that lite offers everything that the main app offers. Also lite has messaging inbuilt thereby not needing you to install Facebook messenger which runs your battery too.

With lite, you're very limited to 2009 kind of Facebooking.

With lite, typing a long post in the app, can cause it to hang and when it resumes, your work is gone for good! Not the same with the main app.

With lite, you cannot make voice or video calls!

You could actually configure your Facebook to save your battery and bandwidth. Do not make the mistake of comparing Facebook and FB lite on par.