Sentences with phrase «video chat device»

And with great new high - def front and rear cameras, it's a pretty great video chat device too.

That said, this tablet could be a great video chat device, and the front camera is perfectly placed.

Facebook's assistant is intended to power the company's forthcoming video chat device for the home codenamed Aloha, the people said.

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Facebook has tapped one of its most veteran execs to lead all of its consumer hardware efforts, including the mysterious Building 8 division responsible for its forthcoming video chat device.

This report follows another story from Bloomberg that claimed Facebook's Building 8 division has been developing an Amazon Echo Show - like video chat device as well as an Amazon Echo - like standalone smart speaker.

Early plans call for the standalone speaker to sell in the low $ 100 range, undercutting the competition, while the technologically more complex video chat device would cost a few hundred dollars, one of the people said.

Now the timing seems even stranger, as Facebook today announced it will release a standalone video chat device sometime in 2018.

The dedicated video chat device, sources say, will come with a wide angle camera lens, and is being made to help people on a video call feel like they're in the same room.

It was reported previously that Facebook was working on its own video chat device for the home.

These included a $ 499 video chat device called «Portal» (originally code named «Aloha»), various AR and VR products, and of course, a «brain - computer interface» device.

Facebook is getting deeper into hardware, with the purpose of going after Amazon and its Echo - line of smart devices.Bloomberg said Facebook is working on a «video chat device for the home».

The video chat device will feature a wide - angle camera lens, microphones, and speakers for video conferencing that are all powered by artificial intelligence to boost performance, the people said.

Because the speaker concept has already been popularized, two of the people said, Facebook could abandon it and prioritize the video chat device instead.

Facebook Inc. is working on a video chat device for the home — the first major hardware product from its experimental Building 8 lab.

Facebook, the social media giant, is reportedly working on a video chat device geared toward the home.

New reports suggest that Facebook is working on a video chat device with a laptop - sized touchscreen, that could be announced as early as next spring's F8 developer conference.

Facebook employees have internally referred to the video chat device with the codename «Aloha» but recently settled on the name Portal — an indication that product development has progressed even as there's been turnover in Building 8's upper ranks.

For the past few months, reports have claimed that Facebook is developing a video chat device possibly called Portal or Aloha.

Facebook is delaying its entry into the hardware business.For the past few months, reports have claimed that Facebook is developing a video chat device possibly called Portal or Aloha.

Facebook is getting serious about making hardware for consmers.According to a report from Business Insider, Facebook is making a video chat device, which is codenamed Aloha, and Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth is leading the project.

Facebook might be getting into the hardware business.According to a report from Cheddar's Alex Heath, Facebook has developed a video chat device.

«Geared to the living room, the video chat device will feature a wide - angle camera lens, microphones and speakers that are all powered by artificial intelligence to boost performance,» it reported.

But the second gadget is described as a «video chat device» with a laptop - sized touchscreen, designed for people to chat to one another via video - link.

In August 2017, rumors swirled that Facebook will release a video chat device and smart speaker as its first hardware product.

Bloomberg first reported that Facebook might be working on a video chat device — a smart speaker that would rival the Amazon Echo and Google Home.

Facebook has tapped a veteran exec to lead all of its consumer hardware, including Oculus and Building 8, which will ship the «Aloha» video chat device.

While Building 8 has publicly teased its futuristic, far - off work on mind - reading technology and sensors that «feel» language through human skin, the team's first piece of consumer hardware will be a video chat device similar to Amazon's recently announced Echo Show.

Given that Facebook is far behind many of its rivals in this space, the smart speaker could be abandoned in favor of the video chat device, sources told Bloomberg.

IBT reported earlier this month that Facebook's video chat device would come with a touchscreen display, which measures between 13 and 15 inches diagonally.

According to a report from Business Insider, Facebook is making a video chat device, which is codenamed Aloha, and Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth is leading the project.

While it could well incorporate some smart - speaker functionality, to separate it from the smart - speaker market Portal is expected to act more as a video chat device to help families and friends stay in touch.

Facebook Portal is intended to be a video chat device for the home, and it will have facial recognition technology.

Built from its Building 8 lab, Facebook plans to unveil a video chat device and a smart speaker, both with AI capabilities.

According to a report from Cheddar's Alex Heath, Facebook has developed a video chat device.