📸 Facebook Portal Plus - 15.6" Touch Screen Display with Alexa - Smart Video Calling - White Review

I can finally see my parents during Covid, have tried tablets and smartphones with them, the problem is they can't take their hands off the screen, the basically big is button. This Portal plus device has a very good and sufficiently loud sound for pensioners. The camera automatically tracks the person speaking closely. The microphone picks up very well at over 10 feet from the speaker. Mount it on a rolling stand or on a robot and you've got yourself a real winner. Must be used in every…

I bought 1 Portal Plus and 1 Portal to use the video call function for my elderly father. Unlike the Revain Echo Show, it has easy-to-use touch buttons that my dad can learn. However, portal devices require a Facebook account to use the video calling feature. Therefore, for this purpose, I registered a Facebook account for my father, giving his real name and photo. After all the adjustments, including adding friends and family to the calling contact list, Facebook suspended his account, citing…

I have Echo Show and Cube and it's much better, bigger screen is clearer and YouTube is built in unlike all Revain's Alexa devices. I'm really enjoying it so far, the video and audio quality is top notch and every Alexa function I've tried works well. Even a screensaver mode that shows your Facebook photos comes in handy. UPDATE: After a few days of use I'm feeling almost the same as above EXCEPT after some tests and questions, many more advanced Alexa features like messaging, login, ring/blink

I bought this and a smaller device (Portal+ and Portal). This is an excellent device. It's crystal clear and has a nice widescreen view. I placed the smaller device in my office and the larger device at home. It's very easy to use and my 5 year old can now call me from home while I'm at work. Please note that I only use this for calls between portals. I don't use it to make phone calls through another device. In this respect he is impeccable. The only reason I gave it a * is that the + portal…

With the exception of FB and Whatsapp calls, this device is almost useless compared to the Echo Show. I can only send or stream photos, no videos. The apps it can use are smaller than the Echo Show. Like the show, you can't stream Netflix, but at least the show can stream top-notch video. You cannot transfer anything with the portal. I also don't like that the screen turns off completely when not in use because I placed it where I want the watch to be. The echo show goes to a dark screen and…

My siblings and I bought Portal TV and Portal+ with a 15.6 inch touch screen for our elderly mother. Repeated. Portal+ was good because it has Zoom, but Zoom required quite a bit of manual work for each call, which was too much for an older person. Without an adapter it was so-so - there were occasional connection problems and such. It was worse with adapter - more connection issues, HDMI-CEC rarely worked (not never, which would be more acceptable, but it was rarely uncomfortable knowing it…

Update: 01/22/2021: It's been 1.5 years and Portal+ is still running fine. My original comments still stand. Video calling is the main purpose and the best use case. It's still noisy and the camera is amazing moving to where movement or voice can be heard. Works at a distance of 25-30 meters. We have it turned on all the time, so the portal will be updated from time to time. We had to do a few reboots in those 1.5 years, but overall it works. They added a feature that I like: I can now create a