According to Bloomberg, Facebook’s experimental Building 8 has been working on a home video chat device. This will be the social media company’s first major hardware product, which makes sense as Building 8 is notably staffed with hardware veterans that likely wanted to get their hands dirty with something less social media-y. This move, while obviously newsworthy, shouldn’t come as a huge shock, as Facebook spokespeople have been explaining that the company is trying to find ways to make the world more social while getting them off their smartphones. Regina Dugan, head of Building 8 and former Google executive, explained at the recent F8 conference recently that they want to “create and ship new, category-defining consumer products that are social first.” Read more about what Facebook is up to on TechCo
