Facebook PortalIn these unprecedented times, it’s more important than ever to keep in touch with your colleagues, friends, family, and loved ones—and Facebook Portal was designed just for that purpose. Like many of us, you’re probably spending the majority of your time at home right now. You might be juggling the kids, the cats, and the dogs while you’re trying to work from home, or perhaps you’re spending your days watching oodles of Netflix and playing the hottest Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One games. (Maybe all of the above?) Enter this contest and, if you win, you’ll be able to spend more time connecting with the people you work with or the people you love: the prize is three Facebook Portal devices.

Face-to-face communications always give you that extra something

Sure, you could send an email. But isn’t it nice to see someone’s face light up when you say hello? That’s backed up by science. One of the world’s foremost experts on human communication, Professor Albert Mehrabian’s famed “7-38-55 rule of personal communication” breaks human interactions down to a general ratio of 7% verbal, 38% tone of voice, and 55% body language. That means your facial expressions, gestures, and other movements can make up more than half of your message!

Facebook Portal keeps you in close contact with your colleagues

Perhaps you’re operating a small office, or you have a few major clients for your freelance gig. Sometimes a giant back-and-forth email thread isn’t the most efficient way to get things done. Whether you’re separated by a few streets—or more than a few time zones, you can stay in touch just like you would in a face-to-face meeting by using Facebook Portal. As long as they’ve got Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, they can link up for video calls, and you’ll be working like never before.

Facebook Portal is also great for keeping in touch with family and friends

Lots of people love Facebook Portal because they can make live video calls to friends and family, display their photos, and more. With more families and friends in different places around the globe, it’s more important than ever to stay in touch. So pop online just to say hi to your best friend, or read stories to your nieces, nephews, or grandchildren. And when you’re not using the device, Facebook Portal has a feature so it can double as a picture frame to display all your favourite Facebook and Instagram photos. How great is that?

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy, but you can only enter once. First, read our reviews of Facebook Portal and Facebook Portal Mini, and our review of Facebook Portal TV. Then, in a comment on this article, tell us one feature you love about Facebook Portal and who you’ll be keeping in contact with the most.

What you can win

At the end of the contest, we’ll select one winner to receive a Portal bundle that includes one Facebook Portal, one Facebook Portal Mini, and one Facebook Portal TV. Keep one for yourself and send the others to the people you want or need to keep in contact with most.

This contest runs from March 31st to April 16th.

Remember, you can only enter once, but you probably know someone else who would love to see the smiling faces of their colleagues, family, and friends all the time. Let them know about this contest so they too have a chance to win—and make their day!

Win a Facebook Portal Contest Rules and Regulations

Good luck!

Jon Braun
Jon Braun
Based in Vancouver, Jon is an Editor at Best Buy. He’s contributed to numerous publications and corporate entities around the world. Beyond a debatably unhealthy obsession with the semicolon, in his spare time he’s a certified beer and sake nerd, and has numerous pieces of flair to prove it.
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  3. Being able to contact everyone in my family when we can’t go out and see each other in person!

  4. I really like the built-in smart camera and microphone setup. I would use this to keep in touch with my son who lives in Windsor and my brother who is in Ottawa.

  7. The video calling feature is what I like the best. I could have more in-person calls instead of just texting messages. I could stay in personal contact with my friends.

  9. So many features, but love the audio adjusts to always keep you sounding crystal clear and the Story Time AR

  11. I love the Superframe feature (my 3-year-old would love the Story Time feature). All of our extended family live in Ontario, BC and Australia. My daughters would love to spend more time keeping in touch with their cousins across the country and on the other side of the planet (as long as they remember the time differences ). Thanks!

  13. One feature that I love about Facebook Portal is that I can move and talk freely with the Smart Camera. It would be great for keeping in touch with my sister out west.

  16. Wow this would be so wonderful to keep in contact with my family helping family’s to stay Connected . And I love that the Camera will follow you .

  17. I would love to use the Portal to keep in touch and video call my family! Nothing to hold, so easy to use!

  19. Well I am an essential service for the airlines. I do not get home much at the moment and miss my family very much in this crazy world we are in at the moment. This would be amazing to be able to connect the family.

  20. I love the idea of having up to 7 people in on a messenger call. I just used messenger with four different people (well 8 on 4 cameras) and was very impressed. I don’t use WhatsApp but my wife does (and she really uses it!).

    I would use it to keep in contact with my brother in Toronto and my friends all over the continent.

  24. Easily video call with friends and family on their smartphones and tablets, even if they don’t have Portal, is my favourite feature.

  25. The feature I like the most is the amount of people you can call at a time, and I’ll be connecting with my parents!

  29. Play AR games, explore amazing AR masks, or pick a song, pick a look, and light up the stage with the newly released Mic Drop

  32. You can have up to 7 people on the call with Facebook Messenger and up to 3 with WhatsApp… fantastic way to keep in touch with all the Grandkids.

  33. Facebook Watch is my favourite feature where you can watch a movie with someone together from miles away

  34. This would be so great for our daughters then we could maybe see our grandchildren more often since we can’t travel as much, especially now.

  36. The video call feature would be great for my family who lives 1400 km away, and it would be great for work meetings too

  37. This would be wonderful for my uncle in a seniors home. he has dementia so he doesn’t have a phone but perfect for us to communicate with him!

    Lots of people love Facebook Portal because they can make live video calls to friends and family, display their photos, and more. With more families and friends in different places around the globe, it’s more important than ever to stay in touch. So pop online just to say hi to your best friend, or read stories to your nieces, nephews, or grandchildren. And when you’re not using the device, Facebook Portal has a feature so it can double as a picture frame to display all your favourite Facebook and Instagram photos. How great is that?

  41. I like that it is a photo frame and can change pictures. I would call my friends and family a lot as I haven’t seen them much due to quarantine.

  42. I sure like the Facebook Portal TV seeing 7 people on the same screen. I can use this with my grandkids

  43. The ability to make video calls to your far-away family and friends via Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp sounds like a great way to keep in touch with my parents.

  44. Easily video call with friends and family on their smartphones and tablets, even if they don’t have Portal.

  46. I like the fact that it can be used as a photo frame as well to display our favourite photos. I would use this to keep in touch with my parents and brother.

  49. I love Facebook Watch and I would watch a movie with my mom while together on a video call.  

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