You do not need a Facebook account to use Portal video-chat devices, though using a Portal without Facebook will limit some ...

You can't use Skype on any model of the Facebook Portal, but there are other social media and messaging platforms that allow you to use a Portal.

Like many folks, I felt uneasy about the Facebook Portal from the jump. Having been an only intermittent Facebook user over the past several years made me an even less willing participant when it came ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

One of my favorite gadgets from all of 2018 is Facebook’s Portal Plus. That’s right, I said it. As controversial as it is to "like" anything out of Facebook right now, the Portal delivers far superior ...

Facebook isn’t giving up on its dream of putting a camera in everyone’s home. A year after the privacy-challenged social media company released the first Portal — its smart-display device designed ...

When Facebook first introduced Portal, a smart speaker with a screen, in October of last year, the company was grappling with a seemingly endless list of privacy issues. The idea of Facebook – that ...

Facebook is adding a slew of new features to Portal, and just in time for all the video calling the holiday season demands. First up, Facebook Live-- you'll now be able to livestream from Portal ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Facebook Portal Go is a portable smart display designed to make video calling in your home easier. The irony ...