Recode Daily: “Hey Facebook” — The social media giant is building a voice assistant

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[br] [br]Facebook is building a voice assistant to rival similar assistants from Amazon, Apple, and Google. Facebook is also talking to companies in the smart-speaker supply chain, according to a story from CNBC. A personal assistant makes sense for Facebook, especially given its recent push into in-home hardware. Last fall, when the company launched its video-chat device for the home, Portal came equipped with Amazon’s Alexa instead of a native Facebook assistant. When we asked why, a Facebook executive said: “We looked at [our own assistant], and really our vision is that … the assistant is not the platform.” Apparently those feelings have changed.[br]

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