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Facebook Portal Video Calling Device

Facebook Portal Video Calling Device

If you can’t be there, feel there with Portal

•77 reviews•

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Facebook Portal was ranked #3 of the day for October 8th, 2018
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Aaron O'Leary
Aaron O'Leary
Portal TV - Smart video calling on your TV from Facebook
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Ivan Mehta
Ivan Mehta
Facebook Portal - Smart, hands-free calling, with Alexa built in
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Brianprior Prior
Brianprior Prior
•2 reviews

It great so i can keep in touch with my daughter in spain best thing ever

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7mo ago
Andy Robinson
Andy Robinson
•1 review

When connected on zoom, it usually works well, great camera, and mic. It does not do Google Meet.

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2yr ago
J Keith Hall
J Keith Hall
SlimClip Case V4 for iPhone 6/6S/7/8 & 6/6S/7/8+ PLUS

SlimClip Case V4 for iPhone 6/6S/7/8 & 6/6S/7/8+ PLUS

•4 reviews

What is this good for/

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6yr ago
Christian Giordano
Christian Giordano

BeatFlyer

•7 reviews

What can possibly go wrong? Why would you need hardware camera block? Unless security...

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6yr ago
Nick Georgiou
Nick Georgiou

Emoticam AR Emoji Camera

•4 reviews

Here are my 4 biggest issues with Facebook Portal. This gets ranty, I'm sorry. I like to see a big company trying new things but I don't think this is the right vision for the future.

1. Trust

Do people trust Facebook enough with their data to want to put Facebook's camera and microphone in their home? I don't think so.

2. Proprietary platforms

Aren't we sick of proprietary platforms? What happened to standards? You can't call anyone who isn't on Facebook or Messenger. Plus, you're tied down to Alexa. That doesn't seem very user-friendly. Remember when it was a big deal that IE had a massive market share and was installed into Windows? At least you could download other browsers.

3. Lack of mobility

You need to be in a room to call someone? Seems a bit '90s. A phone lets you go anywhere and call people wherever you are.

4. Form factor

Facebook wants you to add a whole new immobile screen when you already have a massive TV in your living room.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I certainly won't be buying a Facebook Portal, but I'll be observing with bated breath to see the reception of the public.

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6yr ago
Martijn Wismeijer
Martijn Wismeijer
•12 reviews

Can't believe fb wants us to purchase this when Marc Zuckerberg tapes his webcam on his cellphone to prevent camera recordings. Downright creepy, the first product on product hunt I'm down voting.

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6yr ago
Milos Belcevic
Milos Belcevic
•3 reviews

I think it's not completely natural solution, and gives few advantages compared to a smartphone. Also not sure if people would be keen to use it in general, and especially not now after all the privacy issues and scandals with FB.

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6yr ago
David Alexander
David Alexander
•2 reviews

The + design looks terrible and since it uses Alexa it's basically a phone you can't take anywehre.

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6yr ago
Rajat
Rajat

Pulley

•2 reviews

Never used this device and probably will never use it because I don't trust Facebook at all.

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6yr ago
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