Meta Portal+ (2nd gen)

Note

Untested. No Portal+ (2nd gen) 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+ (2nd gen) is the 2021 large-screen Portal: a 14 in landscape screen on a tilting stand, replacing the rotating 15.6 in Portal+ (1st gen). Meta has not published its processor, but it runs the same Android 10 Portal software as the 10” (2nd gen), and the differences that matter for a panel are the larger, sharper screen and the camera.

	Portal+ (2nd gen)	Portal 10” (2nd gen), measured
Screen	14 in, 2160×1440, landscape, tilting stand	10.1 in, 1280×800
SoC	Not published	Qualcomm QCS605
Camera	12 MP, 131° field of view	13 MP sensor
Privacy	Camera and microphone off button, built-in camera cover	Three-position slider
Network	Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE
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

• Reviewed hands-on review and Stuff review: screen, camera, privacy controls and radios.
• Meta for Developers: Portal setup for Android apps: Android version and the ADB procedure.