Facebook is launching a new generation of its Portal devices today. The company’s original Portal devices launched first in October of last year, though the success of those products was hindered by privacy concerns surrounding Facebook’s brand.

Today, the company is launching a new kind of device under the Portal line. It’s called Portal TV, and it looks a lot like the Microsoft Kinect. At $149, the Portal TV lets you connect the device to your TV to make Messenger and WhatsApp video calls on the big screen. Like the regular Portal devices, the Portal TV comes with the Smart Camera feature which automatically pans and zooms into the subject of a video during video calls. It also includes an 8-mic array to let you speak to Alexa.

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