WebSharing Lite is an Android app developed by NextApp, Inc. (2549-B Eastbluff Drive #201 Newport Beach, CA 92660). Others apps created by NextApp, Inc. are: FX File Explorer, FX Root Access, SystemPanel 2.

WebSharing Lite first became available on 20 Mar 2012. It is estimated that WebSharing Lite has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

WebSharing Lite 2.0.1.0 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.

Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

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 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.