Don’t Trash Your Old Meta Portal: How to Turn It Into a Custom Smart Home Hub

Meta is giving its aging Portal smart displays a second life. The company has quietly enabled Android Debug Bridge developer access across its entire Portal lineup, allowing tinkerers to repurpose the hardware as custom smart home hubs. The move was showcased recently by Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, who demonstrated building a bespoke smart home hub using modern AI development tools. For owners stuck with outdated devices, it's a path to keeping hardware out of landfills while building something useful.

Listen to this story

Hear this and more stories in a personalized audio briefing.

Open The Chonkerton