You may be familiar with these challenges: A visitor comes to your company and struggles to join a Zoom Meeting from your Teams Room. Or perhaps your organization operates in a mixed-platform environment where employees use their laptops to connect with various video conferencing platforms.
We’ve taken big steps to solve the interoperability problem and make it easy for people to collaborate across different operating systems, platforms, and devices. In partnership with Microsoft and Zoom, we released Direct Guest Join on both Windows and Android. And for those who prefer to bring their own laptop, we built Swytch, a BYOD solution ideal for PC-based room solutions.
Today, we’re excited to share Logitech Extend, a simple, single-cable BYOD solution built for Android- and BYOD-based room solutions. Extend allows people to simply walk into an Android- or BYOD-based meeting room and launch a meeting from their laptop or mobile device* with a USB-C cable.
Now you have the choice of Logitech Extend, Swytch, or Direct Guest Join to fit any scenario. Time to wave those interoperability problems goodbye!
Easy, single-cable BYOD connection
All things should be this simple: With Extend, use the USB-C cable to quickly plug in a laptop or mobile device and share content or run video meetings from that device, without the need to install additional drivers or software. This means employees and visitors can bring their own laptops to connect to the in-room video conferencing system and display without worrying about platform compatibility, adapters or the need to install anything.
Extend reach in Android- and BYOD-based rooms
Deploy this two-box solution using category cabling to deliver BYOD connectivity up to 100m with the Rally Bar Family and other Logitech conference cameras. In rooms deployed for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android or Zoom Rooms Appliances, this allows the host to temporarily bypass the designated video provider.
In BYOD rooms without a designated provider, simply connect to conduct meetings using the conference camera and display in the room. Microsoft Teams desktop users can use Logitech Extend with shared display mode to run better meetings and collaboration sessions from their laptops.
Deliver power to user’s devices
Optionally, you can add a standard USB-C power supply to the table-side hub to charge user’s laptops or mobile devices up to 100W of power delivery through the USB-C cable.
Simple to manage with Logitech Sync
IT teams can view connectivity status and deploy updates to Logitech Extend via Logitech Sync remote management software. Extend can also be updated using Zoom Device Management and Microsoft Teams Admin Center as part of Rally Bar family CollabOS updates.
Designed for Sustainability
At Logitech, sustainability is core to every design decision from the moment raw materials are sourced to the end-of-life of a product. Logitech actively integrates Design for Sustainability (DfS) principles into new product development and product updates.
Logitech Extend is made with a minimum of 40% post-consumer recycled plastic*, joining the portfolio of video collaboration products manufactured using DfS principles. Logitech customers can outfit entire conference rooms– including Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms–with sustainable tech to help you manage your carbon footprint.
Pricing and availability
Logitech Extend is $799 USD, with availability beginning in November at Logitech and through authorized resellers.
*Compatibility varies by platform and service provider.
**Excludes plastic in printed wiring assembly (PWA), cables, and packaging.
