Work your approach. Meet on any platform with Cisco RoomOS

Collaboration gadgets ought to work the way in which you do. That’s why at Cisco, we’re redefining what it means to assist each platform—with out compromise or further {hardware}. With native integrations, clever sharing, and centralized administration, Cisco Units supply seamless, totally built-in experiences throughout Zoom, Microsoft Groups, Google Meet, and Webex.

It’s a multi-platform world

At present, most conferencing gadgets are optimized for only one platform. It’s a actuality that simply doesn’t lower it for at this time’s multi-platform workflows. Our analysis suggests as much as 85% of enterprise IT groups assist two or extra assembly platforms for his or her group. Whether or not it’s to assist complete enterprise models, a subset of conferences use instances, or to make sure enterprise continuity, one factor stays clear: work occurs on a number of assembly companies.

At Cisco, we’re dedicated to offering intuitive and clever experiences whatever the assembly platform. Cisco has been named a Chief within the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing Methods (doc # US52995625, September 2025), citing Cisco’s interop capabilities. And we aren’t content material to cease there:

Coming Quickly – Zoom for Cisco Rooms

Zoom for Cisco Rooms is the results of our newest partnership with Zoom, considerably bettering the expertise of becoming a member of Zoom conferences from Cisco gadgets.

Assembly individuals can benefit from the richness of totally featured Zoom Conferences on Cisco video collaboration gadgets, offering them a extra full expertise when in comparison with at this time’s SIP-based answer that makes use of Zoom Convention Room Connector (CRC).

With this new answer, merely faucet on a devoted button to affix a scheduled Zoom Assembly or press the Zoom icon to enter the assembly ID or begin an on the spot assembly. Cisco RoomOS will then launch the Zoom Conferences expertise.

Throughout the assembly, individuals could have entry to the Zoom layouts, controls, sharing, and different in-meeting options they anticipate. Plus, they’ll profit from the edge-AI sensible audio and video capabilities of Cisco gadgets to ship an equitable and inclusive assembly expertise for each in-room and distant individuals. When the assembly ends, the system will return to the Cisco Rooms dwelling display.

The brand new Zoom for Cisco Rooms answer offers two experiences:

1. Visitor mode. Requires no Zoom subscription, and can permit a visitor to affix a Zoom Assembly.
2. Signed-in mode. Permits customers to affix, host, create Zoom Conferences, and entry superior capabilities. Requires a Zoom Rooms subscription and system registration within the Zoom internet portal.

“Cisco has a little bit of a spring of their step, innovating and transferring fairly shortly… The Zoom interop announcement makes them probably the most interoperable system on the market…They’re rising because the interoperability chief.”

Dave Michels & David Danto, TalkingPointz

The result’s higher for everybody – from workers who be a part of and host Zoom Conferences – to IT groups who get entry to Cisco’s highly effective system administration, community insights, workspace analytics, and sensible constructing integrations.

Customers may also be a part of totally featured Webex conferences on the identical system – no have to reboot or reconfigure your system between conferences and no have to compromise on the person expertise.

Zoom for Cisco Rooms can be accessible as a RoomOS software program improve and is on course to be typically accessible by the tip of calendar yr 2025. It’s anticipated to be supported on the next gadgets, as they undergo the appliance course of for the Zoom Licensed {Hardware} Program:

Accelerating Microsoft Groups Rooms adoption

Cisco is now the fastest-growing Microsoft Groups Rooms ecosystem companion. It’s a strategic partnership that offers our prospects flexibility and selection, and suggestions has been overwhelmingly optimistic.

Our prospects worth the mixed energy of Microsoft’s software program suite with Cisco’s AI-powered {hardware}, a successful mixture that creates next-level experiences for customers and IT groups alike. IT groups particularly recognize the advantages of Management Hub, together with enhanced administration, observability and office insights, and deployment acceleration— making it simpler to scale Microsoft Groups Rooms throughout their organizations.

However we aren’t stopping there– our innovation continues. Lately, we re-certified Cisco gadgets for Microsoft Groups with Android 13. Earlier this yr, we additionally introduced industry-first assist for Apple AirPlay on Microsoft Groups Rooms (now in Beta), making it simpler than ever to share content material utilizing your favourite gadgets.

That’s not all. At WebexOne in San Diego later this month (28 Sept – 01 Oct), we’re thrilled to be joined by our associates at Microsoft. We’ll share extra particulars in regards to the subsequent part of our partnership: to listen to the announcement first, you may be a part of us in-person or attend just about by registering at webexone.com.

We’ll additionally showcase the newest capabilities with Microsoft Groups, together with categorical set up deployments with Samsung sensible shows and furnishings by Ashton Bentley and Salamander Designs. 

Along with enhancing our native Microsoft Groups Rooms answer, we’re additionally constantly bettering our cloud video interop service – Webex Video Integration for Microsoft Groups (VIMT). Simply this week, we launched assist for PowerPoint Dwell in VIMT, making it even simpler to ship wealthy, interactive displays throughout platforms.

Enhanced sharing in Google Meet

We’ve additionally upgraded our Google Meet answer for Cisco gadgets, now supporting bi-directional content material sharing with a spread of wired and wi-fi choices:

• HDMI or USB-C connection 
• Miracast wi-fi sharing
• AirPlay wi-fi sharing

That is along with wi-fi sharing from the Google companion app. Obtainable now in RoomOS launch 11.29.1.5 (June 2025) and later, these new capabilities make it simpler than ever to share content material into Google Meet—utilizing the tactic that fits you greatest. For extra info see Google Meet conferences on RoomOS gadgets.

Your platform benefit – Cisco RoomOS

With these newest enhancements, Cisco gadgets powered by RoomOS offer you final flexibility and selection for becoming a member of any assembly platform:

Whether or not configured as Cisco Rooms or Microsoft Groups Rooms, Cisco gadgets ship a wealthy, dependable multiplatform expertise for customers, whereas giving IT the standard, safety, and scalability they anticipate.

Because the world of labor grows more and more multi-platform, Cisco RoomOS is main the way in which in offering friction-free, totally built-in collaboration experiences – irrespective of which assembly companies your groups use.

Able to expertise true platform freedom? Uncover how Cisco can simplify your assembly areas with the Workspace Designer, under, and be a part of us subsequent week at WebexOne.

Configure your workspaces in workspace designer

To search out the best answer in your assembly platform necessities speak to your Cisco account group and/or most well-liked companion at this time.
Alternatively, you may select both the Cisco Rooms expertise or the Microsoft Groups Rooms expertise in our simple-to-use workspace designer instrument.