Lifesize Icon Series Now Includes 40-Way, Browser Based Calling and Enhanced Control Settings

These updates follow the January announcement of two new Lifesize endpoints Lifesize Icon 400 and Lifesize Icon Flex. Icon 400 is designed especially for the huddle room and is purpose-built to deliver stunning, easy-to-use video communication with Lifesize Cloud and support all of the ways people communicate. Icon Flex is designed for businesses that already deploy a personal collaboration application and turns any small meeting room environment into a complete conference room solution.

The new features provide greater accessibility, control and collaboration to enable every person and every conference room with easy-to-use, powerful performance in video communications technology.

These and regularly scheduled future enhancements to Lifesize Cloud continue to fuel global adoption of the video SaaS offering and Lifesize Icon family to deliver a truly Connected Experience as more than 1,000 companies have subscribed to the service, logging millions of meeting minutes during the first 10 months of availability.

Lifesize Cloud brings simple, easy-to-use and scalable video communications to every person and every conference room, across devices, applications, browsers and Lifesize endpoints. The new enhancements include:

40-way group calling

Host large company meetings so you can connect more people in more places with the new 40-way group call feature.

Quick and easy scheduling in existing workflows

With the new Microsoft Outlook add-in and Google Chrome extension, users can now schedule video meetings and invite anyone directly from Google Calendar or Outlook—no need to open the Lifesize Cloud app.

Browser-Based Calling

Whether you use Google Chrome or Internet Explorer, you can make “one-click” Lifesize Cloud video calls directly from your web browser. Lifesize customers and guest users that join meetings via browsers are greeted with a newly refreshed Call Me page featuring a clean and visually stimulating interface.

Enhanced Control Settings

Take control over your meetings with the new lecture mode, mute all and layout option features. With lecture mode, users can assign a primary presenter to show full screen, allowing a single person to take the reins. When creating a meeting, simply select who will be the presenter. Meeting owners can also now mute all participants to optimize the meeting audio and choose between two different sets of configurable layout options.

Account insights

Monitor which teams are leveraging video conferencing with the new active/available user dashboard. With this report, account managers can reallocate Lifesize Cloud accounts across the organization to get the most out of their investment.

More devices

Join your video conference from the latest Android devices including Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Motorola Moto X 2013 edition and iOS devices including iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

Read More About Icon 400 and Icon Flex Here.