Google announces "Chromebase for meetings", an all-in-one desktop PC that can simultaneously talk up to 25 people to online video conference

A cheap small PC with all necessary equipment for online video conferencing for business "Chromebox for Meetings"Has made it possible for conferences connecting remote areas to be done more simply and easily than ever before. Two years since the launch of Chromebox for Meetings, in order to make video conference even more easily, all-in-one PC equipped with camera · microphone · speaker "Chromebase for meetings"Google has announced.

Official Google for Work Blog: Chromebase for meetings makes video video conferencing personal and simple
http://googleforwork.blogspot.jp/2016/03/Chromebase-for-meetings-makes-video-conferencing-personal-and-simple.html


According to Vidya Nagarajan, senior product manager for Chrome for Work, companies such as Flipkart, PwC, Pinterest and local governments such as Wyoming have used Chromebox for Meeting in less time and effort than before It is said that the online video conference is opened and utilized for business. Therefore, Google developed "Acer Chromebase for meetings" which improved the space saving of the terminal and remote operability.

Acer Chromebase for meetings has a 24-inch touch screen, there is an HD camera at the top of the terminal, plus 4 more microphones and 2 stereo speakers. If you take it out of the box and connect to the Internet, you can start video conference safely immediately. As a new function, the operation of the remote management tool becomes faster, the administrator can manage Acer Chromebase for meetings centrally, receive error notification on audio / video image quality / bandwidth, and can analyze and resolve the error remotely It is getting.


For improving image quality and sound quality of video callsWebRTCIt is also possible to log in to the terminal with a guest account. You can do video conferencing by sending a URL to someone who does not have a Google Account. Also, in order to broaden the possibilities of conferences in large numbers, the number of online conference participants in Google Apps customers has increased to a maximum of 25 people.

A motion technology company that actually tried Acer Chromebase for meetingsSignalFxHeidi Olson said, "Acer Chromebase for meetings can start using it right out of the box and if you set up the terminal to manage it centrally, you can fully control the terminal and even be surprised It will be offered at a price that you can buy. "

Acer Chromebase for meetings is priced at $ 799 (approximately 89,000 yen) and includes support costs for the first year. Scheduled to be released in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, we are planning to expand handling to countries that have already released Chromebox for Meetings, so the possibility that Acer Chromebase for meetings will be released in Japan as well There seems to be much.