{"id":26876,"date":"2022-07-21T08:53:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=26876"},"modified":"2022-07-21T08:53:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:53:41","slug":"do-both-parties-need-facebook-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/do-both-parties-need-facebook-portal","title":{"rendered":"Do Both Parties Need Facebook Portal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fdaa725a393\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fdaa725a393\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fdaa725a393\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/do-both-parties-need-facebook-portal\/#Do_Both_Parties_Need_Facebook_Portal\" title=\"Do Both Parties Need Facebook Portal?\">Do Both Parties Need Facebook Portal?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/do-both-parties-need-facebook-portal\/#Benefits\" title=\"Benefits\">Benefits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/do-both-parties-need-facebook-portal\/#Costs\" title=\"Costs\">Costs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/do-both-parties-need-facebook-portal\/#Alexa_compatibility\" title=\"Alexa compatibility\">Alexa compatibility<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/do-both-parties-need-facebook-portal\/#Privacy_concerns\" title=\"Privacy concerns\">Privacy concerns<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_Both_Parties_Need_Facebook_Portal\"><\/span>Do Both Parties Need Facebook Portal?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin:0px 10px; height:auto; width:auto; max-width:42% max-height:229px;\" alt=\"Do both parties need Facebook portal\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NIm9M4h.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>Do both parties need Facebook portal? Let&#8217;s explore the benefits and drawbacks of both services. We&#8217;ll also discuss whether Alexa and Facebook are compatible and how privacy is affected. After reading this article, you&#8217;ll be well-equipped to decide whether or not you should use Facebook&#8217;s portal for your business. Then, we&#8217;ll move on to the costs of both services. What&#8217;s next? What&#8217;s the best option for your business?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Benefits\"><\/span>Benefits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Facebook portal has many benefits for both parties. Elderly people don&#8217;t want complicated gadgets and would rather use a simpler device. This tablet-like device includes a Facebook voice assistant or Amazon Alexa. Users can also connect to third-party platforms, such as Pandora, Spotify, and The Food Network. They can even control their home entertainment systems by using their voice. And they can even access the internet and search for things, whether it is the weather or a particular show.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook Portal helps people connect with their friends and families and discover content they are interested in. Unlike other social media platforms, Facebook allows users to communicate with each other by chatting and sharing photos and videos with their friends. The device&#8217;s AI-powered camera automatically follows the person who is calling, and pans out to capture all the action. The video calling experience can also be enhanced with features like the Portal Smart Camera, which reduces background noise and lets people make hands-free video calls. It even lets users read bedtime stories with AR, which is an exciting development.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Costs\"><\/span>Costs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The costs of Facebook&#8217;s Portal for both parties are hard to gauge. Facebook&#8217;s Portal uses a camera to peer inside users&#8217; homes and provides them with an audio recording and video streaming service. The launch of this new product comes just two weeks after a massive security breach in which the private information of 90 million Facebook users was leaked. Facebook has already apologized and is taking steps to prevent similar problems from happening in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The Portal line supports Alexa and Facebook&#8217;s own voice assistant. The device&#8217;s video chatting core is rich and features include smart camera tracking, which allows the user to move around the room. The cameras are useful for video chats while holding a child or moving around the room. For those who are already invested in the Facebook ecosystem, the Portal line may be worth the investment. However, it will cost both parties a few hundred dollars.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alexa_compatibility\"><\/span>Alexa compatibility<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Facebook portal is compatible with Amazon Alexa, meaning you can control your devices from your facebook account. However, it is important to note that you must be logged into your Amazon account in order to use the Facebook portal. You can also make video calls and check the weather by enabling the Facebook portal with the Alexa app. Here&#8217;s how. After logging in, you&#8217;ll see the portal and the Alexa menu.<\/p>\n<p>The Portal device has multiple voice assistants that can be controlled from the phone, including &#8220;Hey Portal&#8221; and &#8220;Hey Facebook.&#8221; These assistants are supposed to trigger apps and answer simple queries. However, &#8220;Hey Portal&#8221; isn&#8217;t very helpful if you need to start a video call. You can only trigger the app using voice commands, but Facebook will also review all the queries and respond accordingly. So, if you want to make video calls with the Facebook Portal, Alexa is your best bet.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Privacy_concerns\"><\/span>Privacy concerns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest privacy concerns when using the Facebook Portal is the fact that the company has not disclosed any safeguards to prevent misuse. A recent data breach affecting millions of users prompted cynicism in the press about Facebook. These privacy concerns have hampered the Portal&#8217;s initial release. Until Facebook releases more details, however, the public will remain skeptical. This article will explore how Facebook is protecting the privacy of users with its Portal device.<\/p>\n<p>The Portal records audio and video calls using its camera and microphone. This data is sent to Facebook servers for three years. 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