Google
announces Hangouts Meet hardware kit
Google's G Suite has
unveiled its Hangouts Meet hardware kit, a set of four components that claims
to enable high-quality video conference meetings of any size.
The kit, which works
with Hangouts Meet video-conferencing software, includes a touchscreen
controller, speakermic, 4K sensor camera, and Asus Chromebook.
With the touchscreen
controller, users can join scheduled events from Google Calendar with a tap;
pin and mute team members; control the camera; and add participants with the
dial-a-phone feature.
The speakermic,
meanwhile, eliminates echo and background noise for a clearer audio. Up to five
of the speakermics can be linked with a single wire, providing coverage for
larger rooms, the company said.
The 4K sensor camera
has a 120-degree view and includes machine-learning capabilities to detect and
automatically crop and zoom participants; while the Chrome OS-powered Asus
Chromebox automatically pushes updates to other kit components.
"We're focused on building tools that help you bring
great ideas to life," Katie Roberts-Hoffman, product manager at G Suite,
wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. "We know meetings are the main entry
point for teams to share and shape ideas into action.
"Combined with Calendar and Drive, these tools extend
collaboration beyond four walls and transform how we work -- so every team
member has a voice, no matter location."
IT analyst for End
User Computing at Woolworths Australia Bradley Rhodes said the new offering
will improve operations for the company.
"The enhancements greatly improve the user experience
and simplify our meeting rooms," he said. "We have also seen it
create new ways for our team to collaborate, like via touch-to-record
functionality, which allows absent participants to catch up more effectively."
Also on Tuesday,
Google announced updates to Meet, including the ability to record meetings and
save them to Google Drive, hold meetings with up to 50 participants, as well as
extending the dial-in feature to additional markets.
Google split Hangouts
into Meet and Chat earlier this year, replacing Google Talk in the process.
Meet, which is fully integrated with G Suite, covers Hangouts'
video-conferencing features, enabling users to join meetings directly from a
Calendar invite and share video meetings via a single link.
Chats, meanwhile, is a
dedicated messaging app for teams -- basically, Google's take on Slack.
G Suite also launched
the Jamboard connected whiteboard earlier this year as a reply to Microsoft's
Surface Hub.
Google previously
stressed that Hangouts in future would be developed for business users with a
focus on group collaboration and enterprise productivity.
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