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Facebook launches AI video-calling device 'Portal'
Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 08 - 10 - 2018

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 8, 2018 (News Wires) - Facebook on Monday launched a range of AI-powered video-calling devices, a strategic revolution for the social network giant which is aiming for a slice of the smart speaker market that is currently dominated by Amazon and Google.
"It's been a big shift for the company," Facebook's vice president of consumer hardware Andrew Bosworth said before the launch of "Portal".
"We've seen a rise of video calling, on both Messenger and WhatsApp -- it has been a tremendous trend," he said.
But the launch of a product putting a camera into people's homes is likely to raise privacy issues for the social media giant, which has suffered several major data breaches this year involving tens of millions of user accounts.
The device, which will be available for pre-order in the United States from Monday, is designed to allow users to make video calls at home without having to stand immediately in front of the screen or hold a phone at arm's length.
Although the social media giant acquired virtual reality headset manufacturer Oculus in 2014, this is the first time it has developed a consumer hardware product in-house.
"At some point, we realised that if we want to continue to advance our mission, the hardware we're dealing with... is limiting, and so we find ourselves building our own hardware to try and accomplish that mission," Bosworth said.


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