The Zoom video meeting service is finally coming to Amazon's Echo Show video device, five months after first being announced. This follows the launch of the service on Facebook's Portal video device in September, and Google's announcement this week that a limited preview of Zoom for the Nest Hub Max video device was now available. Fine print alert: Google's preview hasn't yet opened to the general public and Amazon's Zoom support is only available on one of the three Echo Show devices, the 8-inch model, which is currently holiday-priced at $44.99. Amazon also has models with 5-inch and 10-inch screens. Zoom was named the most downloaded app of the year by Apple, as the pandemic changed the way we learn and work from home.

Facebook is set to enter the home device market this year with its first consumer hardware device. According to sources close to the firm, the company will unveil a $499 (£370) video chat system to rival Amazon's Echo Show in May. Named'Portal', it will feature a laptop-sized touchscreen and smart camera technology boosted by artificial intelligence. The firm plans market it as a way for friends and family to video chat from a communal hub. This puts in in direct competition with Amazon who has positioned its Echo Show device as a social hub for the kitchen.