Logitech has added advanced room booking and remote access tools to Logitech Sync to streamline workplace management.

Logitech Sync has also been upgraded with usage insights and automations to simplify space and device management. Logitech says its capabilities relieve overwhelmed IT teams from ensuring that meeting spaces are always available and functional. They also empower IT professionals to manage these spaces remotely and securely.

Henry Levak, VP of Product at Logitech B2B, commented:

While conference room complexity has grown, IT teams have not. Think of Logitech Sync as mission control for IT. An enterprise command center to catch those ‘Houston, we have a problem’ moments and virtually troubleshoot a Rally Bar 5,000 miles away.”

Introduced last year, Logitech’s existing desk booking solution with Logi Dock Flex simplifies finding the right spot near colleagues in flex desking environments. Logitech’s new room booking software on Tap Scheduler offers a similarly intuitive experience, resolving common conference room booking conflicts and allowing IT to manage everything through a single platform.

With this software, employees can book and claim rooms directly through their existing calendaring apps, such as Google Workspace and Microsoft Office 365, or directly on Logitech Tap Scheduler.

Sync Remote UI Access, room booking and map creation, and room usage insights are features that enhance Logitech Select for Rooms—a service plan priced at $399 per year. Logitech explains that Select for Rooms combines technical expertise with advanced software to help companies manage their spaces.

These premium features are also included in Essential for Rooms. This newly created service offering supplements customers’ and partners’ in-house IT expertise with advanced management and analytics tools. It is available for $199 per year. Room booking will be available in late summer 2024.

More Details On The New Workplace Management Feature Set

Among the new features are automatic adaptations to common workplace behaviours.

If a booked room is not checked into within a set time, it is automatically released and made available to others. For ad-hoc meetings, users can identify available rooms through the LED status lights on Tap Scheduler or navigate to an available room using a floor plan map on Tap Scheduler, the Logi Tune app, or office displays for wayfinding.

In an upcoming software update, the AI Viewfinder presence detector in Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini, currently used for framing people, will identify when an ad-hoc meeting is in progress and automatically switch the room status to occupied.

IT admins can customise room booking and release settings to align with workplace policies. Later this year, Logitech will introduce the capability to personalise the Tap Scheduler interface with custom wallpapers and brand identity.

The update will include better remote troubleshooting via Remote UI Access in Sync. Similar to how IT can take virtual control of an individual’s desktop to troubleshoot issues firsthand, Remote UI Access allows IT to “see” inside the conference room to troubleshoot conference cameras, touch controllers, and even the scheduling panel—without needing to enter the room.

Logitech’s strict privacy and security standards ensure that Sync does not capture or store any sound, video, or static images from a meeting room at any time.

Lastly, there is the addition of more detailed analytics. From huddle rooms to boardrooms, Sync tracks patterns of room usage (how often a room is used) and occupancy (how many people are in a room at one time), eliminating guesswork about which rooms people favour. Viewable only by IT admins, this data provides a basis for precise decision-making on reconfiguring underused spaces or duplicating high-traffic areas.

Logitech’s MeetUp 2 Video Bar Also Launched This Week

It’s been a momentous week for Logitech and product launches. The vendor also unveiled MeetUp 2, the next generation of the AI-powered video bar tailored for huddle rooms.

MeetUp 2 is an AI-powered USB conference camera designed for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and PC-based setups in huddle and small meeting rooms. According to Logitech, the device signifies the modern evolution of the iconic Logitech MeetUp, the company’s best-selling conference camera with over one million units sold.

Drawing on years of experience in integrating AI-enhanced features to promote human-centric experiences and enhance engagement among meeting participants without manual intervention, Logitech has equipped MeetUp 2 with these intelligent features.



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