Facebook’s second-generation Portal devices are cheaper, smaller, and support WhatsApp

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Facebook today announced three new products as part of its growing Portal family of smart home gadgets, including two smaller versions of its flagship video chat device. The larger of the two screens is called Portal, and represents a redesign of the previous year’s model, and the smaller one is known as Portal Mini. The third device, a combined camera and microphone attachment for your television, also joins the lineup today under the name Portal TV. The news confirms reports about Facebook’s upcoming Portal refresh that began percolating earlier this summer.

Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, the head of augmented and virtual reality technology at Facebook, gave members of the press an early look at the devices Tuesday in an ornate Victorian home…

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