Meta will stop making Portal for consumers
by Jacob Kastrenakes from The Verge - All Posts on (#606CC)
The Portal Go, released in 2021. | Photo by Jennifer Pattisson Tuohy The Verge Meta plans to stop making consumer versions of its Portal video calling hardware and instead pivot the product line to focus on use cases for businesses, like conference calling.
The change in strategy, first reported by The Information and confirmed to The Verge by a source familiar with the matter, comes as Meta is reassessing its ambitious hardware plans against investor concerns about the billions of dollars it's spending on projects that have yet to pay off financially. A spokesperson for Meta declined to comment.
The Portal line debuted in 2018 with two displays meant as dedicated video calling stations. They also supported apps for activities like listening to music on Spotify and streaming videos on the Food Network. But the...