Facebook Inc launched smart speaker

Facebook Inc launched "Portal" an intelligent speaker designed to facilitate video calls, which competes with the leaders of the Google market of Alphabet Inc, Amazon.com Inc.


Portal is available in different versions like 199 and 349 dollars, its most relevant functionality is a wide angle of the camera that allows users to focus no matter where they are in the room.

Smart speakers of rival companies have values ​​below $ 100, which ultimately creates a competition in sales, in different pages such as Best Buy, Amazon.com and Facebook.com, by which users can acquire and receive them in United States at the beginning of November.

Adobe Analytics published in a study that 32% of Americans have a smart speaker and another 16% plan to buy one before the end of this year.


Portal proposes to stand out in the market, since Messenger has a messaging platform in which some 400 million people are called every month around the world, in addition to offering the video call service, chat and a camera that works with body recognition of automatic adjustment with artificial intelligence.