


You will also be able to call people based on the relationship you have indicated in the Facebook app, so you can say “call mom,” for example. Streaming audio from iHeartRadio has also been added to the list of things you can do during Portal video calls. Custom camera control comes in addition to Highlight, a feature available at launch that can automatically follow a person’s face during a call.Īlso added today: a web browser for skimming the internet and sites like YouTube, as well as Portal apps for CNN and ABC News. Along with the Portal launch, Facebook made a Portal team to create devices under its AR/VR division for consumer electronics.Ĭustom camera control being added today will allow users to do a simple pinch and zoom to focus the camera in a specific place in the frame of view.Ĭustom control during video calls is being incorporated into Smart Camera, the AI-powered feature for Portal that frames video calls by recognizing the location of people in front of the camera’s 140-degree view.

last month and was the first device created in-house by Facebook’s Building 8 skunkworks operation. The Portal smart display made its debut for customers in the U.S. Join gaming leaders live this October 25-26 in San Francisco to examine the next big opportunities within the gaming industry.
