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Win a CoolPo AI Huddle PANA video conference camera (Update: Winner)
Or pick one up for $599.99 ($100 off) at Amazon
If you missed out on winning a CoolPo AI Huddle PANA video conference camera in our contest earlier this year, you're going to get another shot at it. This week, CoolPo is giving away the same camera, valued at $699.99, to one more lucky Android Police reader. Here's everything you need to know.
We're giving away six premium Bluetooth speakerphones valued at $90 each (Update: Winners)
Or save 25% on an eMeet Luna Lite with this special offer
Sometime in the near future, in-office meetings will be back in full swing, and when that happens, you're going to need a powerful speakerphone to make sure everyone's voices are heard. To help you out, our friends at eMeet are giving away six Luna Lite Bluetooth speakerphones. Here's everything you need to know.
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Even though the COVID-19 quarantine has sent most office employees home for the foreseeable future, daily operations haven't slowed down for many professional industries. With so many office workers now conquering tasks remotely, video and conference calls have become a normal part of daily life. To help you engage with your colleagues' calls in pristine clarity, TikTech is giving away seven eMeet Luna conference speakerphones to our readers.
Conference calls and video meetings have almost been synonymous with Skype for the longest time, but Amazon is looking at changing that. Chime, a new Amazon Web Services platform, wants to simplify communications between teams and individuals and cater to their different aspects in one app: video call, voice call, chat, and screen sharing.Chime is now available on Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows. According to Amazon, the service was built from the ground up with mobile in mind, so the apps work well on phones and let users seamlessly transition from and to their desktops. There are a few other advantages to Chime, like the lack of any long pins (meetings ring up like a phone call), quick options to get out of a meeting or let others know you're running late, a view of all participants and their current status, the possibility to mute one specific person's microphone if there's too much ambient noise around them, and the ability for anyone to share their screen without too much hassle.[EMBED_YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj2I1prPVZM[/EMBED_YT]There's also a chatroom component to chime, with attachments to share important documents. Chime is free to try for 30 days, but after that, there are three plans to choose from. Basic Edition gives access to all of these options, minus screen sharing and with a 2 attendee limit, for free. Plus Edition is great for companies who want to manage users, but it costs $2.50/user/month and still keeps the 2 attendee limit. Pro Edition costs $15/user/month, but makes it possible to have meetings with up to 100 users and brings a host of add-ons. You can check the detailed plan structure and differences here.
Those of you who have to frequently deal with conference call meetings have probably faced more than one where an access code or a passcode was required to let them in. It's a security measure that helps the host make sure that no unwanted guests will sneak in, but it usually ends up being a pain in the butt of those who have been officially invited and who often have to scramble around looking for that passcode and curse for having to manually dial it in each time.