Free Basics by Facebook is an Android app developed by Facebook (1 Hacker Way Menlo Park, CA 94025). Others apps created by Facebook are: Facebook, Facebook Lite, Messenger Lite, Facebook Messenger, Facebook Messenger Kids.

Free Basics by Facebook first became available on 31 Jul 2014. It is estimated that Free Basics by Facebook has been downloaded between 5000000 and 10000000 times from the Play Store.

Free Basics by Facebook 7.0 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows applications to change network connectivity state.

Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to read SMS messages.

Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.

Allows an application to receive SMS messages.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.