Lifesize Review

As a bundled solution, Lifesize provides you with a seamless HD video conferencing experience that lends to remote meetings clarity. The following are the main Lifesize benefits:

Access Modern Web, Audio, and Video Conferencing Features at an Affordable Price

Conducting any type of meeting regardless of the number of participants or audiences is very important for companies, organizations, businesses, and teams. Unfortunately, many are still relying on outdated communication services and systems that lack the capabilities they really need in order for them to deliver hassle-free and seamless meeting experiences. Others even have to waste their money just to maintain the same outdated services and systems.

With Lifesize, users no longer need to be tied up with outdated and costly communication services and systems. This is because it offers a stellar video conferencing application that gives them a modern and high-definition web, audio, and video conferencing features which they can use at an affordable price. 

What’s more, it is the first and only end-to-end 4K video conferencing tool on the market. This means you get a high-quality resolution for all of your virtual meetings, making you and your team feel as if you are collaborating in the same room.

Connect Everyone to Virtual Meeting Rooms Regardless of Platform and Device

The Lifesize video conferencing app works on any type of platform and device. As long as the device has a camera and a microphone, the app supports it. As a result, users can easily get connected and participate in meetings wherever they are and whatever device they are using. This feature is ideal for organizations that are implementing BYOD or Bring Your Own Device programs. The app can adapt to their own BYOD policies and user device preferences.

Support Your Existing Communication Workflows and Systems

The video conferencing app also interoperates with other applications, video solutions, and conferencing systems. Therefore, users can take advantage of its capabilities without necessarily changing or adjusting the workflows and processes they are running for communicating and collaborating internally and externally. They can integrate the app with Skype for Business and incorporate conference room camera system capabilities into it as well as enhance the call capability of Skype for Business by enabling automatic dialing and increasing on-screen participants.

In addition, users can integrate Lifesize’s video conferencing app with IBM Sametime which allows them to launch virtual meeting rooms or activate one-on-one video calling directly within IBM Sametime. The video conferencing app, likewise, can work in harmony with popular collaboration tools such as Slack and HipChat, permitting users and chatters from Slack and HipChat to easily connect to Lifesize virtual meeting rooms and make video calls.

Access Call Statistics from an Admin Dashboard

Configuring and customizing the video conferencing app is effortless. This is because it is equipped with administration features that are all organized in a single console. The admin console provides a dashboard where admins can view statistics about video or audio calls. The dashboard can show them how many audio or video calls are currently active, how long calls were running, and if the quality of calls was good. They can access and track call statistics based on browser, device, or room video system.

Monitor Virtual Meeting Rooms and Configure Home Screen Features

Another admin feature included in the app is the ability to monitor virtual meeting rooms. Users will be able to check which virtual meeting rooms are currently active and find out what’s being discussed in those rooms. If there are virtual meeting rooms that don’t have participants anymore, they can immediately deactivate them. They can also modify the specific home screen features of the app that the participants and audiences can access from their mobile devices such as calling, screen sharing, camera configuration, and meeting calendar. They can do any of these in just a single click of a button.

Record, Document, and Share Meeting Room Engagements

There is a component of the admin feature which permits users to record and share all the things that transpired on virtual meeting rooms, encompassing the ideas the participants brought up, their exchange of conversations, and the events they held. They can prepare documentation of meeting room discussions and engagements and use it as a reference for future video conferences or share it with people who were absent during the meeting.

Seamless and Uninterrupted Video Conferencing Experiences

The video conferencing app ensures that users are able to deliver seamless and uninterrupted video conferencing experiences to employees, partners, and guests. This means everyone should make video calls fast and must not experience hassles like getting disconnected from a call or having the difficulty of joining in meetings, sessions, or conferences.

The app leverages the capabilities of the IBM cloud infrastructure which is a super fast, reliable, resilient, and scalable network, eliminating downtime and making sure that communication and collaboration are always continuous. Additionally, Lifesize lets users make video calls and run meetings without worrying about security issues. The app applies 128-bit AES and TLS or Transport Layer Security encryption.

Modernize Presentations with Wireless Screen Sharing

Lifesize is equipped with a tool that permits users to deliver presentations and media contents during meetings wirelessly. This is a screen sharing solution that innovates how organizations and teams deliver presentations. Whether they are conducting a corporate meeting or promoting their brand on digital signages, the screen sharing tool permits them to do it over the air, eliminating the need to use chords, dongles, and wires.

In addition, the tool integrates with Apple AirPlay, a proprietary suite used for streaming photos, videos, music, and games wirelessly to different devices, speakers, and screens, or TVs right straight from iOS devices. With this integration, iOS device users can deliver the media and contents they want their colleagues or audiences to access even if the latter are using Android devices, thereby enhancing the capabilities of Apple AirPlay.

Find Contacts Faster With the Integrated Search-Based Directory

Finding contact numbers can sometimes feel like finding a needle in a haystack. This is why Lifesize has a centralized user directory with a built-in search engine. This way, you can simply type in the name of the person you want to call and click on it to start a conversation. What’s especially useful about this is that this directory can be accessed across your devices, making contact searching faster and more convenient.

Set Up Calls and Numbers However You Prefer

Whether you are looking to use video conferencing for team collaboration or to connect with clients, Lifesize provides the call setups you need to accommodate it. For instance, you can set up video and audio bridge numbers for your managers if you only intend to use it for team meetings. In case you need your sales team members to make calls on their own, you can also assign them their own numbers. As for international companies, the platform can support local phone numbers in more than 60 countries to make it easier for your customers to reach you.

Communicate With Your Team As Securely As Possible

Online communication is convenient and cost-effective, however, it can be quite vulnerable to cyber threats. This is why Lifesize uses enterprise-grade security options for its video and audio services. They encrypt both the signal and media over their service by default to make sure that your conversations are protected at all times.

In addition, Lifesize has world-class data centers across the globe and has a 99.9% uptime SLA. This way, you can be sure that connecting with your global teams is as pain-free as possible.

Work Smarter Using Advanced Communication Equipment

Lifesize not only provides video conferencing solutions for their clients, but they also manufacture top-of-the-line communication equipment. For instance, their Lifesize® Phone™ HD is an advanced phone with an intuitive touch screen interface, 360-degree microphone, great frequency response, and customizable admin console. It has VoIP connectivity and video systems and it is designed to eliminate radio frequency interference.

They also have a professional line of audio and video conferencing equipment that has a plug-and-play setup, intuitive controls, and automatic software updates if you use it alongside their software.

There is also a piece of supplementary equipment such as Lifesize Share™ that lets you perform wireless screen sharing, digital signatures, whiteboard capture, and room automation as well as the Lifesize Dash which is a video collaboration system built for Chromebox devices.