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The in-laws bought us a Facebook portal to keep in touch with the grandkids. It is kept unplugged and in a drawer except for when in use. We only use it for WhatsApp calling and it is an impressive device, excellent voice quality and tracking camera for the price.I'm just annoyed it doesn't work with jitsi...or zoom or Google meet/hangouts. Same problem as this zoom device, what happens if you need to join a WhatsApp call or something else...surely it's feasible to build a dedicated video calling device on Android that is multi platform at this price point.



> surely it's feasible to build a dedicated video calling device on Android that is multi platform at this price point.

Yes, but will it still be easy to use? I'd wished there would be a standard way to encode voice, so that various applications, devices and service providers were compatible. You know, like phone service used to be ...




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