Facebook Portal Plus review: Great video calling at a cost
Facebook Portal Plus
Facebook Portal Plus review : this is the $349 Facebook portal plus a
1080p resolution smart display and this
is the 199 dollar portal Facebook's more
affordable 720p digital screen unlike
other smart displays out there portals
are all about video calling exclusively
through facebook messenger that means if
you or the people you want to talk to
don't have facebook or use facebook
Messenger you can't use a portal while
portals are limited to Facebook users
these devices have some clear advantages
for anyone wanting to stay in touch with
friends and family they don't regularly
see portal to portal calling is much
more immersive than a typical video call
because the smart cameras in the portals
actually track you around a space so
that means instead of having to
constantly grab your phone or tablet and
reposition them to talk
the portals do the heavy lifting for you
they also have augmented reality effects
so you can select a fun face filter or
become part of a bedtime story during a
portal call both devices have built-in
Alexis speakers and Facebook's hello
portal voice service use Amazon's voice
assistant for all of your regular smart
speaker needs and save hello portal for
adjusting the speaker volume opening
portal apps like Spotify and video
calling hey portal call rich brown yes
hey rich how's it going hey Wow look at
you oh did you see that I did pretty
well for a second there
I just yeah it
was pretty good here's what I got it's
not quite as impressive but Oh
stuck in the beard I was impressed by
how much I truly felt like I was in the
same room with the person on the other
side of the screen and without any
noticeable lag time that's great since
it's pretty much the entire point of
these smart displays but even so I'm not
convinced there's a strong market for
them the portal plus in particular is
huge and really expensive I do like that
you can rotate it between portrait and
landscape mode and it's 1080p resolution
but it's too big to incorporate into
your home decor
I also wish both speakers audio quality
was better they're fine but they didn't
blow me away and while you can video
call from a portal to a phone or a
tablet or from a phone or a tablet to a
portal it's much better with two portals
since everyone benefits from the auto
tracking cameras as far as privacy goes
a social networking giant runs its AI
tech locally on the portal and your
calls are encrypted but it does gather
usage information such as how long your
phone calls are to use in the ads it
shows you later on
that means these smart displays will
likely be a tough sell for anyone
feeling uncertain about Facebook privacy
but if you use facebook Messenger and
want to video chat without the hassle of
holding and constantly repositioning
your device the portal might actually be
worth it to you
● Facebook Portal Plus - Smart Video Calling 15.6” Touch Screen Display with Alexa
meet portal from facebook portal portal mini portal plus and portal tv hey portal call marcus hey mom how you doing good to see you hey portal smart camera pans and zooms to keep up with the action and as more people join in it widens to keep everyone in view hello my dear how are you and smart sound minimizes background noise how are you so adorable bring in your voice front and center i don't know what i was thinking hey portal call katie portal also lets you video call friends and family with messenger or whatsapp your favorite pie and you can easily connect with friends and family on a group call even if they don't have a portal with story time you can become some of your favorite storybook characters with music animation and ar effects enjoy facebook watch with friends as if you're all in the same room together or jam to your favorite music with rich sound and deep bass portal is an amazing picture frame that can display your favorite facebook and instagram photos and with portal's adaptive display your pictures will look great in any light portal can also show birthday reminders and let you know when your favorite people are available to connect alexa show the front door portal has alexa built in so you can control your smart home he's got a boyfriend and portal is private by design all video calls are encrypted and you can easily disable the microphone and camera or block the lens with the camera cover with portal now you have a whole new way to feel connected whether it's a portal portal mini portal plus or portal tv portal if you can't be there feel there
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