All messaging features are being removed.
, both those currently in-market and those that were in development, in order to address the Reality Labs division of the company that was losing billions of dollars quarterly.
“Meta is no longer selling Meta Portal. However, we are committed to providing ongoing support for Meta Portal owners,” Meta writes on its Portal web page. “While supported features will change over time, we will provide notifications of major changes to the device experiences through the device itself. We also plan to maintain system software with critical bug fixes and security patches.”
While there probably aren’t a huge number of fans of the devices out there — the aforementioned private Facebook Group has just 8,700 members — this does come as a blow to the experience, especially considering that Meta still says that it plans to support those who still use their Portal devices, even if it is no longer making them.
It is not clear why Meta would cut this specific feature from Portal devices, since it is arguably one of the most important aspects of the device outside of video calling. Whatever the case, current owners of a Meta Portal should expect a more restricted user experience starting on August 29.
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