Facebook Portal
Meta to Stop Selling Portal Smart Display as Consumer Product
According to a report by Protocol, Meta will soon stop selling its Portal smart display as a consumer product, and will instead focus on selling it to businesses. The company will also not make any future versions of the device geared toward consumers. Portal made its debut in 2018 as a video calling-centric smart display, with...
Facebook Expands Portal Device Lineup with New Portal, Portal Mini, and Portal TV
Facebook today expanded its lineup of home video-calling devices with the launch of the new Portal, Portal Mini, and Portal TV devices. The first-generation Portal and Portal Plus were meant to make video calling easy, and now Facebook is unveiling three new Portal models to take over your living room and home with that same purpose:...
Facebook Admits New Portal Devices Can Collect Your Data to Target Your Ads
Facebook Portal, the social network's camera-equipped smart speaker designed to rival Amazon Echo and Google Home, could use the data it collects to target advertising. When Facebook unveiled its upcoming Portal lineup, its home video calling devices, it created the perception that the piece of hardware would have nothing to do with ad targeting, thereby steering...
Facebook Reportedly Working on Camera-Equipped TV Device Codenamed ‘Ripley’
Facebook is reportedly working on a TV camera that would offer video chatting through one's television and allow users to stream content from Facebook Watch. Facebook recently made a foray into the hardware world with its upcoming Portal products, a pair of Alexa-powered smart devices that specialize in video calling. Now, it looks like the social...