![]() Up until now, it has been an odd gap, Microsoft is pushing Teams hard in the consumer space, but unlike Skype, Zoom, Webex and Google Duo, Teams wasn’t available on consumer “smart screen” devices or TVs. Teams support of consumer video devices (like Alexa, Next and Portal) is something I discussed with Randy Chapman ( Mark Vale ( & Shawn Harry ( ) on their UC Status Podcast Microsoft Teams in the Consumer Space. Will we see Alexa, which supports Skype and Zoom and Google Nest which supports Webex, also support Microsoft Teams? I expect so in the future. ![]() Will organisations, maybe more in the SMB/C space use Portals as Teams devices in offices, maybe as personal or huddle room devices? It will be a full “sign-in” experience for Teams, where you sign in with your account, not just meeting join. I would guess Microsoft see the use case as more Teams consumer and/or business users working from home. This is a different model more analogous to the model of Microsoft producing an app for mobile/cell devices. Portal’s will not be “Teams certified devices” like all other Teams dedicated devices to date. This will be alongside the existing support for Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp and Zoom. ![]() However, most interesting for me, beginning in December, Facebook is adding support for Microsoft Teams for all Portal touch-based devices including Portal Go and Portal+. Today Facebook announced the Portal Go, a battery-powered 10-inch portal smart screen as well as a new version of the Portal+, with a 14-inch tiltable display
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