Use voice interactions with your Meta Portal
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"Hey Portal" voice commands to set and receive reminders, use timers and alarms, check time and weather, and use camera effects and social features on Meta Portal will be going away starting December 31, 2022. You can continue to use these features until service ends. Once service ends, you won't be able to use these features.
“Hey Portal" and Alexa are built into your Meta Portal for hands-free control. In order to enable Alexa on your Meta Portal, one of the accounts linked to your device must sign in to their Amazon account.
You can use "Hey Portal" to control things like:
- Calling.
- Weather.
- Time.
- Brightness control.
- Video control.
- Using camera Effects.
- Social features.
You can use Alexa to control things like:
- Playing music through music services connected to your Amazon account.
- Settings alarms or timers.
- Shopping and creating to-do lists.
- Some Alexa-supported features, like controlling smart-home devices.
For example:
- Set an alarm by saying, "Alexa, set an alarm.”
- Start a video call by saying, "Hey Portal, call [contact name]" or "Hey Portal, call [Relationship Name]."
- Hear the local weather, birthdays, events and news by saying, “Hey Portal, good morning.”
Notes:
- Your Meta Portal's microphone must be turned on to use voice controls.
- Some Alexa features are not currently supported on Meta Portal. This includes features like calling, drop in, announcements, messaging and photos.
- You can learn more about Amazon Alexa on the Alexa website.
- In order to check the weather using Alexa, you'll need to download the Alexa app and set your location.
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