Want to video chat? For this, Facebook is developing a special device or device that will have various facilities including voice assistants. The name of the device created by Facebook will be 'Portal'. According to various technology websites, Facebook will soon be coming to market in the machine market. It will cost between 300 and 400 USD. It can also be called a home speaker.
This will be Amazon's Alexa Voice Assistant. There will be screenshots to watch videos and video chat. This device, named 'portal, will have a camera and the device will recognize different user types. Through this, it will be able to communicate with various people through their Facebook account and allow them to log in without giving their login information.
According to a person associated with Facebook's plans, the portal will have wide angle lenses, which can identify the appearance of people. It also has artificial intelligence to use.
The Facebook portal is coming at a time when there is a lot of criticism about privacy issues. However, it was supposed to be announced in the Facebook's annual developer conference F8 in May. But due to the Cambridge analytics scandal, Facebook has delayed the announcement of the portal.
Facebook's share price fell 20 percent in July due to not being happy with the earnings of Facebook. The company could not overcome the situation completely. Last August, Facebook had to hear the more bad news. In the last two years, Facebook's traffic decreased by 50 percent. The reason for this is that Facebook users on mobile increased. According to web traffic analyst Similarweb, Facebook is still the world's top social networking site.
This device will be the first step in the home appliances or home appliances of the portal when it comes to market.