5 ways Facebook’s rumored video chat device Portal could use facial recognition

If the reports are true, a Facebook video chat device named Portal is set to arrive in May that could help reshape the Facebook experience in the years ahead.
It would likely be one of the first pieces of consumer hardware from Building 8, Facebook’s secretive hardware research group that lost its director late last year. If Facebook brings a device like Portal to market, it could lean on some of Facebook’s AI smarts and other advantages over competitors that offer digital assis