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Facebook launched Workplace in 2016, as a collaboration platform that offer standard chat functions and the ability to share files, including photos and videos, also voice clips, between employees within an organization.

And the first update to Workplace allow users to interact with external partners and agencies, with the capability of up to 50 participants to engage in group conversations within the application, via text, voice and video. While the next update to the chat app, was support for communication between workers in separate organizations.

Facebook subsequently launched features such as pinned threads, to make it easier for users to keep track of chats, coupled with the ability to pin important messages at the top of the app, up to 15 messages. And the “do not disturb” mode to allow employees turn off alerts and notifications when busy or away, with “replies” feature that enable direct responses to individual chat within a broader conversation.

Now, Facebook is working on bringing its Portal video hardware to the office with a dedicated Workplace app, which is one among a handful of other updates to the enterprise collaboration platform.

The Portal video display supports video calls between Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, and utilizes an AI powered “smart camera” that tracks both body movements of the speakers engaging in the call. With the incorporation of Workplace app, Portal would be able to connect workers in an organization as well.

What that means is that Workplace on Portal will facilitate communication not only with friends, but with colleagues at work, in a more secure and safer platform; also users will be able to call other Portal device right from their mobile phone if they are on the go or via their PC or iPads in the office.

The first Portal device shipments started with 54,000 units in 2018, with the period measured from the time those devices were first released in November, meaning that shipments was completed at the end of the year.

Facebook has scheduled next shipment as demand has gone up in 2019, the company announced new devices last month and harping on the potential for the displays to come in handy in the office, as more Workplace customers have requested trials of Portal devices and have commenced testing in their organizations.

Facebook continues its push for Workplace adoption with Portal in the Office



Facebook launched Workplace in 2016, as a collaboration platform that offer standard chat functions and the ability to share files, including photos and videos, also voice clips, between employees within an organization.

And the first update to Workplace allow users to interact with external partners and agencies, with the capability of up to 50 participants to engage in group conversations within the application, via text, voice and video. While the next update to the chat app, was support for communication between workers in separate organizations.

Facebook subsequently launched features such as pinned threads, to make it easier for users to keep track of chats, coupled with the ability to pin important messages at the top of the app, up to 15 messages. And the “do not disturb” mode to allow employees turn off alerts and notifications when busy or away, with “replies” feature that enable direct responses to individual chat within a broader conversation.

Now, Facebook is working on bringing its Portal video hardware to the office with a dedicated Workplace app, which is one among a handful of other updates to the enterprise collaboration platform.

The Portal video display supports video calls between Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, and utilizes an AI powered “smart camera” that tracks both body movements of the speakers engaging in the call. With the incorporation of Workplace app, Portal would be able to connect workers in an organization as well.

What that means is that Workplace on Portal will facilitate communication not only with friends, but with colleagues at work, in a more secure and safer platform; also users will be able to call other Portal device right from their mobile phone if they are on the go or via their PC or iPads in the office.

The first Portal device shipments started with 54,000 units in 2018, with the period measured from the time those devices were first released in November, meaning that shipments was completed at the end of the year.

Facebook has scheduled next shipment as demand has gone up in 2019, the company announced new devices last month and harping on the potential for the displays to come in handy in the office, as more Workplace customers have requested trials of Portal devices and have commenced testing in their organizations.
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