 But really the highlight features here are of course, Nvidia PhysX and 3D Vision. Whoa! Who are you? I'm you! But from the future! 2016 is crazy! The phones! They got no headphone jacks! What? I know! And who are you? I'm you! And you! From the even more future! In 2018, a new hardware product will come out from Facebook! What?! What?! Yeah, they're making hardware now! Wait, wait, I've got it! What's happening to us? You guys are interrupting my video! If I don't make awesome content today, both of you future line-eye won't exist! Oh no! You gotta get out of here! Quick, take the portal! Facebook is sponsoring a showcase! You gotta complain it before I... before I... What's a showcase? Intro music The Portal and the Portal Plus from Facebook are not quite like any device that we've seen before because Portal is specifically about making video calls feel more personal. So Facebook's goal here is to make your video calls feel as much like an in-person hangout as possible. Hence the name. So how would it do that? I mean, obviously, Facebook doesn't have some never-before-seen camera under-screen technology that would allow you to make eye contact and look at the person at the same time. Maybe that'll come in the future. But they did manage to give Portal at least three main ways to make video calls more immersive. First, Portal is hands-free. When you have a live conversation with someone, you're not holding their little face out in front of you. No, your hands are free to talk all Italian or, you know, cook or whatever the case may be. But it's not just that Portal is totally free-standing. Or even that you don't have to touch it in order to place or answer calls. Hey Portal, call Colton. No, I don't want to talk to that guy. It's that the camera will actually reframe as you move around your space and automatically widen the shot if more people enter the room. It's not as fast as your eyes, but it goes a long way towards making conversations more natural. Especially since you can wander pretty far thanks to the camera's 140-degree field of view. The second way Portal makes you feel more present is kind of related to the first one. It's called Spotlight. So if you were in a room full of people, but only one of them was, let's say, opening a present, for example, your eyes would probably want to focus in on that and follow that action instead of giving everything in the room equal attention like most cameras do. With Portal, you just double tap on the person you're interested in, and the camera will keep them in frame, just like your own eyes would if you were in the room. Finally, number three is audio. With two full-range drivers, two tweeters, and a four-inch sub, as well as a four-microphone array, Portal has a lot more audio hardware than your typical video calling device. And it works well to keep your friends' voices from sounding, well, like a speakerphone. Perhaps more importantly, though, Portal's signal processing, what they call SmartSound, does a solid job of enhancing the voice of whoever's talking and minimizing background noise, even as you move around the room. It still sounds pretty clear from far away. Now, given the focus on video calling, I'm sure it doesn't come as a surprise that Facebook has built in some extras. By pressing this button, you can activate the same filters that you'd find in Messenger. It's got a really cute storytime feature that adds sounds and AR effects, and it allows you to listen to music together. Don't worry, though, you have to accept someone's request to have your Portal just start playing music, and thankfully, you each have your own independent volume controls. This is actually a feature that I'd expect to become more popular as people get used to the idea and as Facebook expands their music service support, because right now, each person has to have either a Pandora or a Spotify Premium account. Bringing us to the elephant in the room. None of these cool features mean diddly if the product doesn't take privacy, safety, and security seriously. So what has Facebook done in that department? Well, like other voice-enabled devices, Portal only sends voice commands to Facebook servers after you say, Hey, Portal, and you can delete your voice history in the Facebook activity log. Then, if you want to physically disconnect Portal from even being able to connect to the cloud, you can toggle the camera and the microphone off with this button up here, and when you do, you'll see this red light, these icons, and this toast telling you that they're off. And if that's still not enough for you, Facebook actually went out of their way to include this little camera cover inside the box. But wait, there's more. Facebook says that all their video calls are encrypted, so they don't listen to, view, or keep the contents of your Portal video calls, and the AI technology used by the camera runs locally on Portal, not on Facebook's servers. And even though Portal's smart cameras can keep you in frame, Facebook has verified with us that while it does recognize the shape of a human versus, say, a couch, it does not have facial recognition, period. That's a definite plus, as is the fact that surprisingly, Portal has Amazon Alexa built right in, so you can check the weather, control your smart lights, set timers, and all that good stuff. And it's also got a handful of other apps, including Food Network and Facebook's Watch video app. So, cool. But how much does it cost? Well, I was actually legitimately quite surprised to learn that the smaller Portal, equipped with a 10.1-inch, 1200x800 screen, 10-watt speakers, 12-megapixel camera, is only $199, while the larger Portal Plus has the same internals and camera, but with a 15.6-inch, 1920x1080 screen, 20-watt speakers, and an accelerometer, which lets the screen go like this. And this one is $349. Not only that, but they have a deal where you can get any two devices, big, small, or a mix, and get $100 off. So the Facebook Portal is available now, so you can get yours today from Amazon, Best Buy, or directly from portal.facebook.com. Check them out at the links in the video description. So thanks to Facebook for sponsoring this video. I don't think 2012 Linus would have seen a hardware product from Facebook coming in a thousand years. And thanks to you guys for watching. If this video sucked, you know what to do. 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