An AirMedia Firmware Update

With its latest firmware update, the solution now works with Crestron Flex to offer a native UC experience while leveraging the simplicity of the AirMedia® Connect Adaptor.

Presenters not only have a fully featured in-room experience with the native meeting platform of their choice — Microsoft Teams or Zoom software — but they can also leverage the room system for other conferencing providers. If 80% of collaboration in a meeting space is done with the native platform, this advancement solves the remaining use with other platforms.

For example: A presenter in a Crestron Flex outfitted space can take advantage of all the features that Microsoft Teams Rooms has to offer, but when there’s a need to begin a Zoom, Google Meet, or Cisco Webex videoconference, a wireless connection from their laptop via AirMedia allows immediate, frictionless collaboration. As soon as the meeting’s over and the AirMedia technology solution is disconnected, the room simply flips back into a native Microsoft Teams Rooms experience.

Crestron Flex Advanced Kits had provided this level of flexibility, but the latest firmware update eliminates the need for a hardwired cable — it’s all handled by the AirMedia Connect Adaptor, a simple and elegant USB-C® dongle. The solution works with the entire line of Crestron Flex technology, including the Videobar 70 all-in-one collaboration bar (with native Microsoft Teams Rooms software).

With every advancement, every new product, every new update, Crestron is keeping this singular goal in mind: How can our technology enhance workspaces as seamlessly as possible? The latest AirMedia firmware update is another in a series of answers to that challenge.