It boils water. And it looks red. Yay
Update: the tea filter broke and thus the auto shutoff as well (fix this with a towel on the top of the kettle). There’s a fragile plastic rod that attaches to either a string or a spring that controls the tea filter’s mounting. It broke for me and just flopped downwards instead of shutting the kettle. Managed to get a replacement, but I wouldn’t get this exact model.
Update 2: my roommate closed the lid a little too hard and it shattered the glass. If you are shopping for a kettle this one is a little too cheap.
The person I replied to said, and their picture shows, keeping the teabag in the mug inside the microwave. That’s the part that’s objectionable.
Oh yeah that’s just monstrous, but it’s not the microwave that’s the problem there.