Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box

guest · Sep 18, 2019

Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box
September 18, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/18/facebook-portal-tv/

It’s a fresh product category that could give the social network a unique foothold in the living room where unlike on phones where it’s beholden to Apple and Google, Facebook owns the hardware and operating system.

Today Facebook unveiled a new line of Portal devices that bring its auto-zooming AI camera, in-house voice assistant speaker, Alexa, apps like Spotify and newly added Amazon Prime Video, Messenger video chat, and now end-to-end encrypted WhatsApp video calls to smaller form factors.
The $149 Portal TV is the star of the show, turning most televisions with an HDMI connection into a video chat smart screen. And if you video call between two Portal TVs, you can use the new Watch Together feature to co-view Facebook Watch videos simultaneously while chilling together over picture-in-picture.

“We see the opportunity for people to use their TVs not just to do that but also to interact with other people.”
Hands-On With The New Portals
If you can get past Facebook’s toxic brand, the new Portals are quite pleasing. They’re remarkably polished products for a company just a year into selling consumer hardware. They all feel sturdy and elegant enough to place in your kitchen or living room. [...]
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Facebook: Meet the New Portal Family: Smart Video Calling on Your TV and Anywhere in Your Home

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