Facebook Portal Go – Portable Smart Video Calling 10 inch Touch Screen with Battery
| Dimensions: | 28.8 x 21.8 x 10 cm; 1.8 Kilograms |
| Model: | 899-00133-01 |
| Origin: | China |
| Dimensions: | 28.8 x 21.8 x 10 cm; 1.8 Kilograms |
| Model: | 899-00133-01 |
| Origin: | China |
Superb piece of equipment, very well built and a bargain at its reduced price of 50. If you wish to have a hard wired ethernet connection you can use a USB C to ethernet adapter and this one works perfectly:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XTGKP5M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Generally works well with Messenger and WhatsApp. works very well with voice commands. However, after some time it no longer recognises the remote. Have to power the unit off at the mains, power back on, wait for the unit to detect that a remote isn’t connected and then go through a 3-4 minute process to re-pair the remote. Quite frustrating given the frequency with which this happens. Wish they’d update/fix this bug
What a brilliant product for WhatsApp calls. Nothing better than having all your loved ones on one big screen, sound and picture quality is unbelievably amazing. Don’t put it on top of your TV though as the mount is not good enough, best putting it under the TV and it works perfectly.
I had never heard of this – I chanced upon it. As I was about to become a Granddad and my daughter lives 50 miles away, I bought us one each. Absolutely brilliant ! We can have a meeting on our large TV’s, superb quality, nothing to hold (like a laptop or tablet in front of your face). It’s interactive and immediate. Quality is excellent and it has so much intelligence built in – it automatically zooms in and out to capture all the faces in the shot. If there’s one person and they move towards the camera, it zooms in. Honestly, it’s amazing technology for the price, fantastic value.
I bought this as it a great idea and is great on the big screen but we have gone back to Skype as it doesn’t work on a tablet without a SIM card. Our family in Australia are fed up having to hold a mobile phone for the duration of our calls. So the portal is largely redunda
Takes a while to update at first, and doesn’t come with an hdmi cable, but otherwise good when bought at offer price.
Great product, excellent for reaching family, friends and colleagues all over the world. Superb system a little pricey but is worth it.
Bought this to be able to speak with my family in the South of England I get a good picture quality and sound.
Highly recommended.
it is nice device but i think it would be handy if there will be easy fast way to freeze the frame as sometimes flying camera is annoying or even way to set default frame as favourites let say that I would like to have my couch fully visible every time I start video chat without changing this every time
Bought for 95 year old mom in a care home. Mom said she wouldn’t be able to remember what to do. May need to be for a more confident person.
Device works perfect with the TV. Only fault i found with the key pad getting only English letters.
i kept getting international letters which were not excepted by password identify.
Camera follows you so easy to use for my elderly family and they have said they feel like Weare in the room… One of them was recently widowed
Bought one for myself in UK and another for family in NZ. Easy to set up and link to smart TV, though didn’t work with older (10+ years) flat screen TV. Initial set up takes about 30 minutes, mainly due to software updates for both portal and controller. However, once your Messenger and WhatsApp contacts are uploaded, calling them is simple and can be done by voice commands. Quality of the picture is superb as is sound through TV speakers or soundbar, with excellent synchronisation. There is a minimal timelag, even over 12,000 miles, and it feels almost as if we are sitting in the same room. Caller can also use phone or tablet, which is necessary when away from home or wandering about, though video quality is likely to be diminished.
Works really well as intended. Some might say a tablet can do the same, but for ease of use for my 60plus yr old parents, they appreciate the simplicity. This is also a lot cheaper than an ipad!
The video calling works super well. Really clear images that are sharper and smoother when WhatsApp calling or using Facebook messenger compared to my mum’s old phone. Needless to say she likes the large screen vs her phone.
A really big plus of this go model is that you’re not tethered to a power cable. Plus I don’t get the terrible angles my mum would hold her phone at, now she can put the portal down and the wide angle camera and auto zooming sorts the view all out so we can focus on what’s going on.
A side benefit is fantastic speakers. My mum uses this for her youtube and treats it like her boombox in the garden or down the community centre!
Finally the picture album mode isn’t advertised much on the go, but it’s there and will share Facebook albums. Fantastic again for various members of our family to submit photos to that album and for my mum to get them automatically.
Slight downside was a slightly faffy set up, luckily my sister was there to help mum, but a large part of that was because mum’s abroad in a non Facebook supported country (HK). Great that Amazon delivered to HK direct and overall worked out cheaper! (Presumably something to do with tax)
All in all, very happy.
Bought for my mum who is deaf. Easy to install and then mum can use volume control on tv to hear and see the grand kids.
I have had doubts as to whether it would be good or not. Yet, as per usual I’m outstandingly surprised and the quality of the camera and the camera body. Sturdy, sits perfectly on top of the tv extremely easy to connect. I do advise to get a HIGH SPEED HDMI cable. better quality image and sound. the Microphone is amazing, it takes away surrounding noises and yet amplifies voices. My family is in the UK and I live in the Canary Islands. I wish I had bought it earlier on during the Pandemic. Recommended Buy 10/10
Found it worked better on the mantle Piece. Good Picture from N.Ireland . Picks up my WIFI Ok inspite of the Poor signal Strength . Glad I noticed it at special price. No complaints
Found it worked better on the mantle Piece. Good Picture from N.Ireland . Picks up my WIFI Ok inspite of the Poor signal Strength . Glad I noticed it at special price. No complaints
My brother bought this about at year ago I could not justify the cost but when the price dropped to 54 I purchased one so did my son and daughter also bought one great produc
My brother bought this about at year ago I could not justify the cost but when the price dropped to 54 I purchased one so did my son and daughter also bought one great produc
My second Portal TV purchase. Not sure whether having any of the other portals is of any value as you could do a video chat on a smart phone or a tablet. This works great and now all my family have one. You can have video chats via WhatsApp, Messenger (both of which I’ve used) and a couple of other media apps such as Zoom. Need good broadband speed to get good quality video – especially when contacting the other side of the world. Audio reception is very good from built in microphones. Seems a good quality product – a solid build. I would give 5 stars if it came with an HDMI cable and had a few more streaming apps.
I found the initial set up quite challenging until a friend stepped in to help and I linked to my family through beta. Now it’s just great. I don’t have photos loaded onto it as I find, when not in use, the simple black frame and preloaded images keep the portal unintrusive. That said my photos are on Google Drive which isn’t supported by portal – if this is an important feature for you do check you will be able to use it. Some of family have a portal, others don’t but that doesn’t mean I can’t use it when videocalling on WhatsApp or Messanger. You don’t get a full screen image on WhatsApp but you do get to call hands free and in comfort!
I found portal easy to set up and use.All our friends comment how good it is.You can move about and the camera follows your movements.Happy with purchase. !!
With the prospect of not being able to see family and friends over Christmas we bought this to make it easier to unwrap pressies and see a large screen. Liked it so much we bought several for all our close family and friends. Much better than talking on s small screen and no more heads being cut off! We have a 65 inch tv so its like those you are talking to are in the room with you. The follow feature is great as it means you can walk around and the camera will follow you.
Easy to set up if you know your passwords for facebook etc.
Easy to turn camera and mic off when not in use.
Facebook Portal Tv is really great value. Not only does the device make the product hand free for easier conversation but the smart lens moves when you do to keep you all in frame. My children loved seeing the grandparents on the big screen & were also able to show off dance moves and run around without having to worry about going out of view. It’s really simple to set up, you don’t need a Facebook account to do this, it can be connected via WhatsApp. A simple plug in the wall, hdmi port connection & you’re ready to get started!
We are using this domestically but I imagine this could be an invaluable bit of kit for a company who may use video conferencing or even for school, colleges or universities.
A really worthwhile purchase
Facebook Portal Tv is really great value. Not only does the device make the product hand free for easier conversation but the smart lens moves when you do to keep you all in frame. My children loved seeing the grandparents on the big screen & were also able to show off dance moves and run around without having to worry about going out of view. It’s really simple to set up, you don’t need a Facebook account to do this, it can be connected via WhatsApp. A simple plug in the wall, hdmi port connection & you’re ready to get started!
We are using this domestically but I imagine this could be an invaluable bit of kit for a company who may use video conferencing or even for school, colleges or universities.
A really worthwhile purchase