Facebook is purportedly working on an Echo Show killer called Portal

Jan09

by Sindy Cator on January 9, 2018 at 5:21 pm

Facebook is working on its own Amazon Echo Show alternative called Portal, according to financial broadcaster, Cheddar. The device would be the social giant’s first major foray into hardware, and is expected to be formally unveiled in May at the company’s annual developer conference. Portal is designed as a family communications device. Suppose you’ve got relatives far away; rather than head to your laptop and call them via Messenger, you can just use this one device. Like the Amazon Echo Show, Portal is designed to be used indoors. But unlike the Show, it places the most emphasis on video chatting,…