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We've learned new details about one of Facebook's forthcoming devices. According to The Information, the device is called Facebook Portal, and it is indeed similar to Amazon's Echo Show and Spot, with a camera for video chat. The Portal uses facial recognition; it was originally planned for the associated data to be stored on Facebook's servers, but after the company's recent troubles, it'll be stored locally. That might be cold comfort to users, since, as senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation Jennifer Lynch points out, "they (Facebook) already have one of the largest facial recognition databases in the world."

 

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Facebook's 'Portal' Video Chat Device to Be Announced Next Week

 

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Portal from Facebook: Voice Enabled Hands-Free Video Calling

 

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It turns out that Facebook could in fact use data collected from its Portal in-home video device to target you with ads - Recode

 

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Facebook Portal Non-Review: Why I Didn’t Put Facebook’s Camera in My Home - WSJ

 

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Facebook Portal uses AI to make video calls look like TV

 

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Facebook Contractors Have Been Listening to ‘Hey Portal’ Clips - Bloomberg

 

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Meet the New Portal Family: Smart Video Calling on Your TV and Anywhere in Your Home | Facebook Newsroom

The new, redesigned Portal and all-new Portal Mini feature a sleek picture frame design to fit seamlessly into any home. Portal Mini has an 8-inch HD display and Portal has larger 10-inch HD display for video calls, displaying photos and watching videos in either portrait or landscape orientations. An adaptive display adjusts brightness and color to your surroundings so that video calls as well as photos and videos on Superframe look natural. Both Portal and Portal Mini also have a powerful built-in speaker that is great for listening to music when you are not on a call.

Portal TV brings smart video-calling to the largest screen in your home. It sits discreetly on top of or below your television for immersive video calling, giving you the freedom to move around during calls and still be seen and heard.