TESTED FACEBOOK PORTAL+
Nobody does it Meta
Facebook’s Portal+ is a redesigned large-screen take on the social network’s smart display – with Alexa on board. Your new video-calling hero?
[ Words Dan Grabham ]
£349 / stuff.tv/PortalPlus
Paranoid about privacy? A smart display from Facebook (or Meta, or whatever it is they’re calling themselves now) probably isn’t for you. But then, if you use WhatsApp or Messenger on a regular basis, you’re already in the Meta kingdom whether you like it or not. The Portal+ works with both services for simple video calling, while there’s also native Zoom support.
With those three options on board it’s a better video-calling bet than the Echo displays, which use Amazon’s own systems as well as Skype (but don’t support Zoom in the UK yet).