ISDM attended ISE2025 this year to learn about all the upcoming new tech and various advancements in collaboration platforms. Listed below are some of the highlights and takeaway items that are worth being aware of when making changes to your Microsoft Teams or Zoom Rooms estates.
Poly Studio V12
The Poly Studio USB has long been one of our more popular USB peripheral camera bars for small to medium rooms, the Poly V12 is the replacement device for the Studio USB with superior AI driven capabilities. The design of the unit also falls in line with wider HP Poly Studio X portfolio, where the Studio USB had sadly started to look…..a little bit dated.
- 4K UltraHD clarity with a 120° field of view.
- Poly Director AI with Group and People Framing modes.
- At least 65% recycled plastics
- Lower MSRP than the Studio X series products.
Customers using the Studio USB as a standard should now look to consider the V12 as a suitable update.
ThinkSmart Core Gen 2
The Lenovo ThinkSmart Core Gen 2 is the most powerful MTR computer on the market. With a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) included, this computer is future-proofed for any AI advancements that MS introduce to the MTR portfolio over the next few years.
Of particular interest on this unit is the third USB-C port included for BYOD functionality. Connecting a laptop to this port allows the computer to behave as a USB dock, passing any connected peripherals along to the user’s laptop; no other MTRoW currently has this functionality.
Logitech Rally Board
The Logitech Rally Board 65 is Logitech’s first product in the all-in-one MTR device with a built-in touch display. Built to challenge the likes of the Neat and Yealink Boards, this leaves HP Poly as the only major MTR vendor not currently selling a board device.
The unique selling point of the Logitech Board is its ability to be flipped over, and reorientate the UI automatically (As seen here). This means that in permeant install situations the board can be installed in a camera above or below configuration, depending on a customer’s preference.
Yealink AP08 Audio Processor
With the recent additions to Yealinks IP Microphone/Speaker selections, including a ceiling tile style microphone, the introduction of AP08 Audio Processor means that Yealink are now able to provide a full end-to-end solution for any conferencing environment. Yealink provides the Compute, Mics, Speakers, DSP, Presentation/BYOD Cabling, and even AV over IP solutions, allowing their configurator tool to bring all the pieces together in an automated control program.
As this is Yealinks’ very first DSP, we are particularly interested to see how this unit stacks up against some of the industry standard DSPs, some of which have had decades of development.
Yealink MTower
Yealink have also introduced a new centre table camera in the form of the MTower, which takes up a lot table space than its predecessor, the Smart Vision 60.
Shure IntelliMix™ Room Kits for Microsoft Teams
Announced shortly before ISE, Shure has entered the MTRoW arena, partnering with Huddly to provide a range of Bundle solutions. Shure equipment can be found in MTRoW systems all over the country; however, this marks the first time that Shure has released its own dedicated MTRoW compute, complete with a perpetual Shure Intellimix license.
RTK-AM1 BYOM/BYOD Table Integration Kit
Sound Control Technologies is a company that makes excellent extension kits for very niche use cases.
The RTK-AM1 is a BYOM/BYOD solution that provides peripheral passthrough, DP alt mode video, and 60W power back to the client device. What makes this box particularly interesting, however, is a native Cisco integration, which also allows the device to act as an HDMI switcher at the table while providing labelled HDMI inputs on the Cisco navigator panel. With a mixture of various SCT extenders setup, the SCT stand demonstrated a fully functioning Cisco Cross Talk Multi-Cam system with only 5 CAT cables running under the floor. While we realise that many people have stopped reading by now, the ISDM technical team were impressed by these devices’ capabilities.
Multiple Camera View in Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
While not specifically released or unveiled at ISE, we saw a few manufacturers starting to demonstrate the new MTR Multiple Camera View functionality, which allows an MTR to send multiple camera feeds into a MS Teams call. Users then get a couple of arrows, which allow them to scroll through the various cameras as well as viewing all of the cameras at once.
This is an interesting new feature that broadens the scope of what can be done in larger, more complicated spaces. It will be interesting to see how customers react to this feature, as it is a very different direction from Zoom Rooms’ ability to send multiple camera streams to a call, each taking its own participant space in the meeting grid.
