Facebook Portal is coming to Canada this June

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Facebook’s Portal video chat devices are coming to Canada soon. The company just announced that it’ll be bringing both the Portal and Portal+ here in June. It’ll also be heading to Europe in the fall. On top of that, the devices are getting WhatsApp support soon. What’s available now is you can turn these into a better photo frame. You can add your favorite photos from Instagram and Facebook to Superframe. There will be a new mobile app coming out in the summer where you can send photos straight to Superframe from your camera roll. You will also later be able to stream through Facebook Live later this year.

Source: The Verge + Engadget

Facebook tries to take on Amazon Echo Show with Portal device

The timing might not be the best one but that doesn’t seem to be slowing the company down. Facebook just launched Portal and Portal+, two devices that will let you make voice and video calls to other Facebook and Messenger users. The smaller Portal is like the Amazon Echo Show with a big 10.1-inch display with a 1,280 x 800 resolution and a 10W dual speaker. It has four far-field microphones and a 12-megapixel wide-angle camera.

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