Jabra launches AI-Powered Features for Hybrid Video Conferencing

Jabra, which provides personal sound and hybrid work solutions, has unveiled innovative AI-powered capabilities for its PanaCast 50 and PanaCast 50 Room System during InfoComm 2023. As hybrid meetings continue to dominate the business landscape, Jabra's research indicates that 80% of global meetings are now either fully virtual or hybrid. Recognizing the significance of optimizing meeting experiences, Jabra's latest enhancements ensure that employees can maximize the value of their meetings, regardless of their location or mode of participation.

Jabra in collaboration with Microsoft, is introducing new updates to its PanaCast 50 video bar, including Microsoft IntelliFrame with multiple video streams, as well as face and voice recognition functionality. These new features aid Microsoft’s next-generation AI tools, including intelligent meeting recap in Teams Premium to revolutionize meeting experiences.

PanaCast 50 enables productivity powered by AI

In the era of hybrid work, organizations are actively seeking ways to enhance productivity and foster inclusive communication. Jabra and Microsoft together unlock a new era of dynamic collaboration, empowering teams with advanced features. As one of the pioneering intelligent front-of-the-room Teams Rooms on Windows video bars, the PanaCast 50 brings forth the power of Microsoft IntelliFrame, supporting multiple video streams. Furthermore, leveraging Teams' voice recognition capabilities, the PanaCast 50 ensures that participants' identities are preserved in the meeting transcript, enabling seamless integration with AI-based productivity tools. This unlocks a range of possibilities for organizations to facilitate efficient and inclusive collaboration in their hybrid work environments.

With intelligent recap in Teams Premium, you’ll get automatically generated meeting notes, recommended tasks, and personalized highlights to help you get the information most important to you, even if you miss the meeting. Meanwhile, Microsoft IntelliFrame gives each in-room participant a dedicated camera view, providing a more inclusive remote experience and providing an optimized front-row experience in room-to-room meetings.

Both features play a key role in helping employees to have more productive meetings, get up to speed on focus topics; organize key discussion points, and summarize actions so that the entire group understands the next steps.

PanaCast 50 enables dynamic communication through facial and vocal identity technology

The new multiple video stream functionality enables remote users in the Teams meeting to have a better view of who is in the meeting room with three video streams: the first stream is the current speaker, the second stream is for the previous speaker, and the third stream is the full panoramic room view of the meeting room or space, so no individual is excluded. The upcoming face recognition functionality allows in-room participants – upon authorization with individual enrollment – to display their names to remote users and populate the meeting room roster.

Voice recognition functionality – upon individual enrollment – enables in-room participants to maintain their identity in the meeting transcript, enabling more precise intelligent recaps for users with a Teams Premium license.

Hybrid meetings are also taken to the next level as the system comes equipped with the Jabra Intelligent Meeting Space. The new features allow customers to set a meeting room or space virtual boundary with PanaCast 50 so that people within the defined space are fully included, whereas people outside of the boundary are not inadvertently included. The new feature allows PanaCast50 to exclude people who are visible through glass walls and are not part of the meeting.

Peter Jayaseelan, Vice President & Managing Director – South Asia and Head – Public Sector (APAC), Jabra says, “As technology advances, our commitment to enhancing the modern workplace is becoming increasingly unwavering. As we say Hybrid working is here to stay and we, at Jabra, are constantly looking for ways to harness the power of cutting-edge AI technologies to revolutionize the modern working environment, which requires the right tech deployment. With the AI-powered updates to Jabra PanaCast 50, we are transforming the way professionals connect and collaborate. These features will help professionals foster productivity and connectivity like never before. Now unlock the power of true collaboration with PanaCast 50.”

Albert Kooiman, Senior Director, Microsoft Teams Devices Partner Engineering and Certification at Microsoft says, “Microsoft Teams leverages the power of AI to create unique user experiences before, during, and after Teams meetings; to enhance employee inclusion and drive natural collaboration. Jabra and Microsoft closely worked together on the PanaCast 50 to make this device an essential component of unlocking these AI-powered features for individuals, teams, and businesses.”

Building a next-generation device management platform

Jabra aims to extend its innovative approach to device management within the realm of collaboration solutions. Recognizing the significance of effective device management for IT managers and partners; Jabra understands that the successful management of installed devices is crucial for the satisfaction of PanaCast customers. With Jabra's intelligent meeting room solutions, it is essential to have a comprehensive management platform that optimizes the utilization of all available capabilities while streamlining the management process. To address this need, Jabra is developing a reimagined management platform that promises to reduce the time and effort invested in device management. By the end of the year, Jabra further, enhance the overall user experience and maximize the value of Jabra's collaboration solutions.