A Reality Check for Android-based Room Devices: The What, When & Where of this Popular Room Conferencing Solution
If you’ve operated within the video conferencing industry, either as a vendor or as a buyer, you are likely aware of a new category of video conferencing hardware capturing most of the attention in the video conferencing world - the Android-based video codec. These room conferencing devices act like hardware appliances and run Android versions of popular cloud-based conferencing services for room-use cases such as Microsoft Teams Room, Zoom Room, etc.
This research note aims to align on a definition of these devices, examine the reasons behind the increase in popularity, and, more importantly, provide context on units sold to date (room solutions) and a forecast of their sales through 2026.
This report draws upon estimated or reported unit sales from Cisco, Poly, Logitech, Neat, Jabra, Yealink, as well as other video conferencing vendors.