It seems that after Apple's announcement of the HomePod, the guys at Facebook have also shown be interested in this kind of smart speakers, but personally I can't quite understand what real use they can have coming from Facebook. If we talk about the Amazon Echo and Alexa, we find a large number of utilities and functions as with Google Home.
Apple's HomePod seems to offer a similar functionality although with a much better sound than the previous two, focusing mainly on music. However, Facebook does not have a virtual assistant, it does not offer music services like the other three above. Perhaps all you want is to have the microphone open at all times to listen to what we say and know even more if possible to the users ...
As reported by Bloomberg citing a Taiwan supply source, Facebook wants to start producing apsmall home speaker with a touchscreen to compete directly with Google, Apple and Amazon in the world of smart speakers. Apparently Facebook is working on two different models to launch on the market and for this it is relying on former Apple workers who were at some point in charge of Apple's personal assistant Siri.
This smart speaker, which could be managed by a 13 to 15 inch screen, then the rumors of "small" fall short, it would have a wide angle camera, several microphones and speakers and it would be managed by an artificial intelligence. Although it is true that Facebook does not have any assistant in the market, the company has been working on artificial intelligence for some time, which would allow it to "set up" an assistant with voice in quickly to be able to offer it in the market together with the smart speakers. Regarding the operating system, it is more than likely that it is managed by Android or by a fork of it, as is the case with Amazon's Fire tablets.
