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Meta Portal

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Meta Portal was a line of smart display devices developed by Meta Platforms, designed primarily for video calling. The product line was discontinued in 2022.

We dig behind Meta Portal's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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Industry
Consumer electronics
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Menlo Park, United States
Ownership
Product line/brand of Meta Platforms, Inc.

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The Fall · Decision Forks
Portal Wasn't a Bad Product. It Was a Camera Sold by the One Company Nobody Trusted to Watch.
Meta's CTO says Portal sold in the millions and users 'fucking loved it.' It was killed anyway. The device worked - the problem was that Facebook tried to put an always-on camera in your kitchen six months after Cambridge Analytica.
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