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How to Set Up and Use Your Facebook Portal TV for Video Chats
Video chatting has become increasingly popular due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing and isolation became the norm in the wake of the pandemic as restrictions were imposed on physical gatherings to curb the coronavirus.
Thanks to video technology, we were able to see and interact with the people that mattered to us. And while the world is slowly returning to normality, video chats are here to stay, with people still spending time with their loved ones on video calls.
In this article, we explain how to set up and use a Facebook Portal TV for video chats with family and friends...
Why Video Chat on a TV?
Smartphones are unarguably the most popular devices for video chats. Their portability makes them easy and convenient to carry around. However, the user experience of video chatting on a smartphone falls short in some areas.
If you are video chatting on your phone, you are likely to hold the phone with your hand. The proximity of the phone’s camera isn't flattering to your face as it makes your face look bigger.
Holding your phone or tablet for too long while video chatting is also a problem. After a few minutes, you'll likely get tired.
Are you having a conference call? Your phone's screen is probably so small, as it makes the participants of the call look too small.
Video chatting on a TV helps you to prevent the above-mentioned challenges and enhances your video chatting experience.
Making group conference calls is a lot more fun on a TV as you can see the people you are chatting with clearly due to the size of the screen.
Having large images of your family, friends, and/or colleagues on the TV screen during a video call creates an illusion of proximity.
What Is the Facebook Portal TV?
The Portal TV is a smart product from Facebook that allows you to make TV-based video calls in the comfort of your home. If your friends and family don’t have the Portal TV, you can also video chat with them from their smartphones and tablets via WhatsApp or Messenger.
To enhance the user experience during calls, the Portal TV has a built-in smart sound that projects your voice and reduces background noise for audio clarity.
While you can have personal one-on-one chats with your close friends and family, there is room for you to chat with as many as 50 people in Messenger Rooms.
Calls on the Portal TV are lively, with the camera automatically panning and zooming to create on-screen movement. It also keeps everyone in the frame via its automatic camera adjustment.
Privacy is prioritized on the Portal TV. Don’t feel like using the camera or microphone? You can disable either of them or both of them. All calls are encrypted to prevent unauthorized access.
The Portal TV offers additional services to you based on your subscription category.
How to Make Video Calls on the Facebook Portal TV
Having a Facebook or WhatsApp account is a requirement for using the Portal TV. If you don’t have one, you can open a Facebook account or sign up on WhatsApp with a valid phone number.
Plugging In Your Portal TV
- Plug in the power adapter and the HDMI cable and then plug the power adapter into an electric source. Your TV will turn on.
- Connect the HDMI cable to your TV. Use HDMI1 for best results.
- Select the input after turning on your TV.
Finding the Right Spot for Your Portal TV
- Place your Portal TV close to your TV, either on top of it or underneath it, on a flat surface.
- Don't place your Portal TV very close to a speaker or soundbar.
- Your Portal TV comes with Dolby Atmos sound. For effective use, it requires Dolby Atmos-encoded streaming content as well as a compatible audio system.
Mounting Your Portal TV on Top of Your TV
Your Portal TV has two clips.
- Open the large clip and the small clip.
- Carefully place the front clip of your Portal TV against the front of your TV.
- Simultaneously press the back clip of your Portal TV against the back of your TV frame and the front clip of your Portal TV against the front of your TV frame.
- Press the back clip of your Portal TV against the back of your TV for a firm grip.
Setting Up Your Remote
- Take off the plastic battery tab on the back of your remote.
- Press Select on the center button. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.
Selecting Your Language and Connecting to Wi-Fi
Having plugged in your Portal TV as instructed above, follow the on-screen instructions below to commence setup.
- Navigate to Language and select your preferred language.
- Tap Next.
- Select your preferred Wi-Fi network and enter your Wi-Fi password.
- Tap Join > Next > Continue.
If the software on your Portal TV isn’t up to date, you'll be required to download the latest version. You may need to restart your Portal TV to proceed with the setup.
Choosing a Name for Your Portal TV and Logging In With Facebook or WhatsApp
You can select one of the options on the menu or proceed to create a custom name for your Portal TV.
Tap Custom to create a name of your choice.
You’ll be asked to log in via Facebook or WhatsApp. Select either of them and Tap Next. Follow the instructions to connect your Facebook or WhatsApp account.
Your Portal TV is ready for use once it's connected to your Facebook or WhatsApp account. You can explore several features such as adding your favorite contacts, connecting Alexa to your Portal TV, displaying your Facebook photos, or video chatting with people you know.
Facebook Portal Voice Commands You Need to Know
Here is how to use voice commands to make, answer, and hang up calls on your Portal.
To make a call, say "Hey Portal, call (insert contact’s name)."
To answer a call, say "Hey Portal, answer."
To hang up a call, say "Hey Portal, hang up."
Building Stronger Relationships by Connecting on the Big Screen
Video chatting with family and friends on the big screen can make you feel closer to them even when they are far away.
You can see their faces and expressions clearly like they are standing in front of you.
Indeed, Facebook's Portal TV is helping people build stronger relationships among friends, families, and/or colleagues. Even in the midst of a pandemic.
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(Pocket-lint) - A while back, Facebook introduced Facebook Portal, Portal+ and Portal TV, three versions of a video communication device designed to make it easier for you to connect with friends and family.
These are essentially video-calling devices that use Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp to call or message friends, family and colleagues.
What is Facebook Portal?
Facebook Portal is a video communication device from Facebook. With the exception of Facebook TV, these devices are smart displays similar to the Amazon Echo Show. These are devices that are styled to look like digital photo frames and to sit nicely in your home as a beautiful and intelligent display until the time comes to place or receive a call.
The focus of these devices is very much on video calling and "putting people at the centre". Facebook hopes the Portal range of smart displays will help connect more people in your life more easily.
There are now four different models of Facebook Portal: Facebook Portal Mini, Portal and Portal+ work on much the same principle. They each have different design aesthetics, but they're both focused on video chatting and meant to make it feel like you're in the same room with the person on the other end of the call.
Portal TV is a little different as it's a device that converts any TV into a giant video calling screen.
As we mentioned, calls can also be placed via Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, so end-to-end encryption is an option.
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How does Facebook Portal work?
Here are some of Facebook Portal's core features:
Smart Camera and Smart Sound
All the Facebook Portal devices feature AI-powered "Smart Camera and Smart Sound" technology.
This tech enables the cameras to recognise people and then follow them around the room and automatically pan and zoom while also minimising background noise and enhancing the voice of whoever is calling.
It's actually pretty clever.
With a wide-angle lens built-in, this also means that the Portal devices can pick up multiple people in the room and track them as they move about. We've seen this in action with Portal TV and Portal+ and it's very impressive. The company says it worked closely with professional cinematographers to ensure the panning and tracking is smooth and not too fast or jarring.
It's also designed to only recognise people and not follow pets, so the call won't be interrupted by a dog or cat wandering into the room. But the company was quick to point out that the cameras only recognise humans in the room, not specific people. No data on who is on the call is sent to Facebook in any way.
Facebook Portal is also built with intelligent microphone tech that includes beamforming to track the people talking and reduce environmental and background noise on the call.
This includes as many as eight microphones on Facebook Portal TV, meaning you can easily chat with an entire family when placing a video call on these devices.
Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp
You can use either Facebook Portal to call your Facebook friends and connections on Messenger or your WhatsApp contacts - even if they don't have a Portal.
Calls can be made to and from phones and tablets, and Portal supports group calls of up to seven people at the same time.
When you're not on a call, Portal can display your photos and videos, when your contacts are available to connect, birthday reminders, etc.
Now with Facebook Messenger Rooms, you can use Portal to have a video call with as 50 people.
With that many people, you'll also be placed to hear that you can now blur your background or replace it with a pre-selected image too.
Video conferencing
Facebook has been working to improve Portal by making it easier to use to keep in touch with people no matter the platform.
The company has partnered with BlueJeans, GoToMeeting Webex, and Zoom to allow users to stay in touch with more people.
Going live with Facebook Portal
As well as using Portal for video calls, it's now possible to use the various devices for broadcasting on the internet. With the Facebook Live app on the Portal device you can start a stream to your own personal profile or through Facebook pages or groups.
This is clearly a nice simple way to quickly and easily stream to your audience or to your family and friends via Facebook.
Facebook Portal devices come with Amazon Alexa support as standard so you have the ability to watch videos, place calls and more with voice commands. In reality, this integration isn't working too well at present, though Facebook says it is improving it.
You can ask it to check the weather, control smart home devices, order groceries, and more.
For more about how Alexa works, and for a list of things you can do with it, check out our separate feature.
Like other smart devices, you can control Portal with a simple voice command. For Brits and Americans, that command is simply "Hey Portal" - there are then a variety of commands you can follow up with including:
- "Hey Portal, call [contact name]."
- "Hey Portal, play [song title]."
- "Hey Portal, turn up the volume."
- "Hey Portal, set a timer for [date and time]."
- "Hey Portal, wake me up at [time and date]."
- "Hey Portal, what's the weather like in [location]?"
- And more
AR effects and Story Time
Facebook has incorporated augmented reality effects powered by its Spark platform. The point is to make calls fun and interactive. This feature is like Snapchat lenses in that you can apply AR stickers to your face and environment to augment how they appear.
A Story Time experience works in a similar fashion to bring a new twist to reading a bedtime story remotely.
Various stories are available with Story Time at the moment, with more promised in future.
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Apps and integrations
Like most smart home devices, Facebook Portal smart devices also have a handful of apps and integrations. Facebook has teamed up with Spotify Premium, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Food Network, and Newsy - and it promises to add more soon.
The device also has Facebook Watch that can be used to watch your videos and videos from Facebook with other people on the call.
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Is Facebook Portal safe?
No internet-connected device is safe from a hack or breach, though given Facebook's previous controversies the company is keen to state that all Portal devices are "private by design".
You can completely disable the camera and microphone by simply pressing a button. There's a switch on the Portal frames that allows you to either turn off the camera, microphone or both depending on your requirement. There's a physical camera cover that can be slid out using this button that blocks the camera off, but the hardware also includes a physical switch that disables the microphones too. So even if they're hacked, they cannot record audio if this switch is on.
Plus, to manage Portal access within your home, you can set a four- to 12-digit passcode to keep the screen locked.
Facebook also promised that it won't listen to, view, or keep the contents of your Portal video calls, and that video calls are encrypted. What's more, the Smart Camera and Smart Sound's AI technology runs locally on Portal, not on Facebook servers. Portal's camera also doesn’t use facial recognition, and you can delete your Portal’s voice history in your Facebook Activity Log at any time.
Despite the news that Facebook staff have listened to Messenger clips, Facebook is keen to point out that you can opt-out of data collection and adjust privacy settings if you don't want your data recorded.
- A security FAQ on Facebook Portal
Writing by Maggie Tillman. Editing by Adrian Willings.
17 ways to make WhatsApp safer and more private
October 23, 2019Technologies
Protect the messenger with a PIN code, remove information about the last time you were online, and hide notifications from prying eyes.
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01. Set up two-factor authentication
Two-factor authentication greatly increases the security of your account. It will protect you if scammers somehow get access to the SIM card.
Open WhatsApp and tap → Settings → Account → Two-Step Verification → Enable. Enter and remember the code you created, then enter your email address - you will need it if you need to reset your PIN.
Click Done.
Now, every time you log into your WhatsApp account, in addition to the SMS code, you will also need to enter your PIN.
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- How to set up two-factor authentication for all your accounts
2. Disable pop-up messages
When your smartphone is locked, it still shows pop-up notifications. This is very convenient, but not safe: if you conduct confidential correspondence, anyone can spy on the contents of sent messages and the addressee's name on an unattended gadget. And it doesn't require a fingerprint or password.
Therefore, paranoid notifications should be turned off. There are two ways to do this: in WhatsApp itself and in the smartphone settings. In the messenger, open "Settings" → "Notifications". Turn off "Priority Notifications" in the "Messages" and "Groups" sections.
In the smartphone settings, the same is done as follows: open the system "Settings" → "Applications and notifications" → WhatsApp → "Notifications".
Uncheck the "Show notifications" option.
If you don't want to turn off notifications completely, at least turn them off on the lock screen. To do this, tap "Settings" → "Lock screen" → "Advanced" → "Lock screen notifications". Here you can hide their content so as not to show the text of your messages to strangers, or simply disable them.
3. Block unwanted contacts
WhatsApp has a huge number of spammers, scammers and just weird and unpleasant people. Luckily, if you don't want to receive messages from someone, you can simply blacklist them.
Open a chat with an unwanted contact and tap "Menu" → "More" → "Block". Or select a conversation with him and press "Menu" → "View contact" → "Block".
You can view users in the black list and, if necessary, remove them from there by pressing "Menu" → "Settings" → "Account" → "Privacy" → "Blocked".
4. Hide your active time
All WhatsApp users can see the last time you went online.
But you can disable this feature so that overly annoying interlocutors do not ask questions why you do not respond to their messages.
Go to "Menu" → "Settings" → "Account" → "Privacy". Click the item "Was (-s)". Change it from Everyone to Nobody. This way no one can see when you were last online. But keep in mind that in this case, you will not be able to see which of your friends when you went online.
5. Hide details
Details is the caption that appears next to your name in your contact list. For newly registered users, this field contains “Hey there! I am using whatsapp. You can specify ready-made statuses there, for example, “At work”, “Busy” or write any quotes.
And if the message in your Details field is not for everyone, tap Menu → Settings → Account → Privacy → Details and select either My Contacts or Nobody.
6. Hide statuses
Statuses allow you to share photos, videos, text, and GIFs that disappear after 24 hours.
By default, they are shown to all your contacts. If you like to share gifs with cats with your friends, and they come to your boss, you run the risk of being in an awkward situation.
Therefore, go to "Menu" → "Settings" → "Account" → "Privacy" → "Status". Select the "Contacts except" option and specify the people you don't want to annoy with your pictures. Or click "Share With" and your statuses will only be shown to the people you choose.
7. Hide your photo
Perhaps you want only people you know to see your profile picture. To do this, tap "Menu" → "Settings" → "Account" → "Privacy" → "Profile photo" and select the option "My Contacts".
8. Hide the read receipt
When you receive and view a message from someone, the sender has a read receipt checkmark next to their reply in the chat. This is usually convenient, but can sometimes lead to awkward situations. For example, you forgot to write to a friend in time, and he was offended.
To avoid this, tap Settings → Account → Privacy and turn off Read Receipts. Please note, however, that in this case you will no longer see the notification checkmarks. And in group chats, this feature does not work.
9. Read messages in flight mode
There is a little trick for those who do not like the previous paragraph. If you don’t want to turn off read receipts, but still want to look at the received letter and not tell anyone about it, switch your smartphone to flight mode. Then open WhatsApp and read the message. Then close it, turn off airplane mode, and the sender won't get a read receipt.
10. Hide conversations
If you want to hide but not delete a WhatsApp conversation, you can archive it. Press and hold the desired chat until you highlight it. Then, in the top menu, tap the "Archive" button.
Of course, any person who even knows how to use WhatsApp will still find a hidden chat if you give him time to sit on your smartphone.
But still, thanks to archiving, confidential dialogues are not so conspicuous.
To view the archive of chats, scroll to the very bottom of the list of conversations and click the inscription "Archived". There you can also remove conversations that you added by mistake.
11. Disable Location Sharing
WhatsApp makes it easy for you to share your location with your interlocutor. This is much faster than typing an address. By default, WhatsApp prompts you to choose how long to show your location to a friend: 15 minutes, an hour, or 8 hours.
But it would be embarrassing to find out that you showed someone your location in real time for a long time because you mistakenly sent geodata to the wrong person.
To avoid this, go to Settings → Account → Privacy → Location and make sure you don't share your movements with anyone else.
12. Send private messages from public chats
When you reply to someone's messages in public chats, everyone in the conversation can see it.
But you can also send private responses. To do this, highlight the message in the general chat and select the "Reply in person" option from the menu.
13. Revoke unwanted administrator rights
Have you appointed someone as an administrator in a group you created, and he is abusing his authority? Revoke his rights. To do this, press and hold a group in the chat list, then tap Menu→Group Details. Select the name of the desired person and click "Revoke Admin".
14. Hide photos and videos from the gallery
By default, the WhatsApp client on Android saves all received media files to your smartphone's gallery. That is, if someone sent you a confidential photo, you may very well accidentally show it to your friends when you show off pictures from your vacation to them.
Go to Settings → Chats and turn off Media Visibility. Now uploaded files will not be saved in the gallery. At the same time, save mobile traffic.
15. Block the app
In WhatsApp for iPhone, you can secure the app with biometric authentication.
Thanks to this, no one will be able to read the correspondence and send messages on your behalf, even if you leave your smartphone unattended.
Open WhatsApp and tap Settings → Account → Privacy → Screen lock. Turn on Touch ID for fingerprint recognition or Face ID for face recognition. Then choose how much time of inactivity to block WhatsApp after.
On Android, this feature is currently only available in the beta version of the app.
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16. Delete unwanted messages
Sent someone a message and immediately realized that you shouldn't have done it? Whatsapp allows you to fix this error. To do this, press and hold the message until you highlight it, and then select the "Delete" option from the menu.
True, unlike Telegram, WhatsApp does not delete the message without a trace. Instead, the recipient will see "This message has been deleted." What you have sent will not be deleted after about an hour.
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- How to delete WhatsApp messages when this option is no longer available
17. Disable message backup
WhatsApp can back up your conversations to Google Drive on Android or iCloud on iOS. This will come in handy if you want to recover your messages after a system reset or transfer them to another device.
But in the cloud, messages are stored in unencrypted form, which, by the way, WhatsApp warns about in the settings of this function. So if someone gets access to your vault, then the correspondence will be in the wrong hands. If you've secured Google Drive and iCloud with two-factor authentication, there's not much to worry about. But it’s still better for paranoid people to disable message backup altogether.
Tap "Settings" → "Chats" → "Backup Chats" → "Backup" and set the switch to "Never". Now WhatsApp will store copies of chats only in the smartphone's memory.
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- 10 useful tips for every WhatsApp user
- How to send photos in original size on WhatsApp
- The most detailed comparison of Telegram, Viber and WhatsApp
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Description
WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and video calling application.
It is used by over two billion people in more than 180 countries. It is simple and reliable, and communication in it is confidential. You can easily stay in touch with family and friends. WhatsApp works without a subscription fee* on mobile devices and computers, even with a weak internet connection.
Confidential communications around the world
Your private messages and calls to friends and family are end-to-end encrypted. Third parties, including WhatsApp, cannot read or listen to them.
Simple and secure connection - instantly
All you need is a phone number (no username needed). You can quickly see the contacts who have WhatsApp and start a conversation.
High quality audio and video calls
Make free* audio and video calls. The number of participants can be up to 8 people. You can make calls even with slow mobile Internet. All you need is a mobile device.
Group chats for communication
Stay in touch with family and friends.
Group chats are end-to-end encrypted. Using your mobile device or computer, you can exchange messages, photos, videos, and documents.
Stay connected in real time
Send your location to an individual or group chat. Stop showing it at any time. Or record a voice message to quickly convey information.
Share events via status
With the Status feature, you can share photos, videos, text and GIFs that disappear after 24 hours. You choose who will see the posts in the status: all contacts or individual people.
*Data charges may apply. Contact your operator for information.
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If you have any comments or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact us.
Version 22.23.76
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Ratings and reviews
Ratings: 2.6 million
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Everything is cool, but please make it possible to edit messages. This is much better than deleting the entire message
Review
1) Add a dark theme!
2) It would be cool if there was a display of who is “online” without entering the chat ...
3) Add a function for changing messages so that it is fashionable to add or correct errors ...Everything is fine)
Bring back the "contacts" tab!
I give two stars for a completely stupid idea to remove the "contacts" tab and focus on statuses
Developer WhatsApp Inc.
indicated that, in accordance with the application's privacy policy, data may be processed as described below. Detailed information is available in the developer's privacy policy.
Related with user data
The following data may be collected that is related to the user's identity:
- Purchases
- financial information
- Geoposition
- Contact details
- Contacts
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage data
- Diagnostics
Sensitive data may be used differently depending on your age, features involved, or other factors.
