Meta Portal Go

Note

Untested. No Portal Go has been run with Panel Assistant yet, and the Android codename it reports has not been seen. The panel app gives it the Meta Portal family profile only if it reports omni or aloha; otherwise it runs on the Generic profile.

The Portal Go is the portable 2021 Portal: the same 10.1 in, 1280×800 screen size as the 10” (2nd gen), with a 44 Wh battery and a charging cradle. As a wall panel it would normally sit on its cradle; the battery mainly matters because a panel that is always on keeps it fully charged. Meta’s ADB documentation covers it, with its USB-C port behind a rubber cover.

	Portal Go	Portal 10” (2nd gen), measured
Screen	10.1 in, 1280×800	10.1 in, 1280×800
SoC	Not published	Qualcomm QCS605
Camera	12 MP ultra-wide	13 MP sensor
Audio	Four microphones, two speakers and a woofer	Two microphones, one speaker
Power	44 Wh battery, charging cradle	Mains adapter
Android	10	10
Released	2021	2019

Setup and use

Everything below was measured on the Portal 10” (2nd gen) and is expected to apply here, because this model runs the same Meta software on the same Android 10 platform. It has not been checked on this model. Read each section on that page:

• Before you buy: the Meta account that has to stay signed in, and ADB that does not survive a restart.
• Enabling ADB and installing Panel Assistant.
• What works and current limitations.
• Updates, privacy and the factory reset.

On first start the panel app picks the profile from what the Portal reports about itself; see how the panel app recognises a Portal. The device codename this model reports is the most useful thing an owner can send in.

Sources

• Tech Advisor, Portal Go and Meta, Portal Go tech specs: screen, camera, audio and battery.
• Meta for Developers: Portal setup for Android apps: Android version, the ADB procedure and the USB-C port.