Facebook Portal: Company's Amazon Echo Show Competitor Might Launch In May

Amazon and Google are both leading the charge in the smart home speaker market, with Apple expected to follow suit. Now, it looks like Facebook will also be joining those companies with its own device called Portal. Portal is said to be a direct competitor to the Amazon Echo Show. The upcoming Facebook device will allow users to control it through voice commands, and it is designed to work indoors. It will also come equipped with a camera with wide-angle lens and will be able to recognize people's faces and link them directly to their Facebook account, according to an exclusive report from Cheddar. The major difference between the Echo Show and the Facebook Portal is that the latter is designed to connect families and friends.