You can soon use all your Teams Rooms to join third-party meetings and maintain a consistent and reliable experience across diverse environments.
Organizations that have standardized on Teams Rooms have long faced a familiar challenge: how to join third-party meetings such as Zoom, Webex, and Google Meet without compromising the consistent room experience they are used to. That challenge is now being addressed for Android-based Teams Rooms, as it has been available for Windows-based rooms for some time already.
See Microsoft's public roadmap.
Direct Guest Join capabilities already exist, but they often come with limited functionality and inconsistent user experience. When Pexip launched Connect for Teams Rooms in 2024, it introduced a better way for Windows-based Teams Rooms to join third-party meetings. Soon, that same improved experience will be available on Android-based Teams Rooms.
Android support closes the gap for organizations with mixed room environments and devices
Android-based Teams Rooms are a popular choice for small and mid-sized meeting spaces. They are simple to deploy, require fewer in-room components as they are self-contained appliances, and help organizations roll out collaboration technology quickly and efficiently. This includes popular video bars and interactive boards from a wide range of manufacturers.
But most organizations do not operate a single room type. Many have mixed Windows and Android-based Teams Rooms and have been waiting for an interoperability solution that works across their full room estate. Pexip Connect for Teams Rooms is built to meet that need.
Customers get to maintain their consistent and reliable meeting experience across all their Teams Rooms, making it easier to join any third-party meetings when needed.
Microsoft and Pexip continue to expand room interoperability
Pexip and Microsoft have a long history of working together to improve meeting interoperability for meetings and shared spaces. Pexip Connect for Teams Rooms already enables Teams Rooms devices to join a wide range of third-party meetings with a native one-touch to join workflow, in-room content sharing, and dual screen support.
At Pexip, we believe all meeting rooms need to connect to all meeting platforms. Bringing Pexip Connect for Teams Rooms to Android is a natural step, helping more organizations deliver a seamless experience across their rooms and devices.
Start preparing now
Customers already running Windows-based Teams Room do not need to wait. They can start rolling out Pexip Connect today and be ready to extend that deployment to their Android rooms as support becomes available.
Learn more about Pexip Connect for Microsoft Teams Rooms.
Get in touch with Pexip today to start preparing your rollout across Windows and Android Teams Rooms.
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