Lenovo and Lightware: Smarter Meeting Room Solutions

The joint solutions from Lightware and Lenovo are designed to set a new standard for collaboration technology, offering seamless integration, enhanced functionality and a superior user experience in modern meeting environments.

Focus on meetings, not the setup

Lenovo's ThinkSmart Full Room Kit MTR bundle includes a core computing device, control interface, AI camera, smart soundbar with mics, Premier Support, and remote manageability software, optimized for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows (MTRoW).

Lightware’s Taurus hybrid matrix switchers with LARA software expand inputs, enable USB host switching, charging, and Ethernet without disrupting calls. Users can access room peripherals and share screens from BYOD laptops smoothly during MTR calls.

Features

Seamless Integration

By combining Lightware's Taurus devices and LARA software with Lenovo's ThinkSmart solutions, users can connect room peripherals like cameras, microphones and loudspeakers seamlessly to facilitate Teams Rooms meetings.

Enhanced Functionality

Unlocks the full potential of MTR infrastructure with 4K 60Hz 4:4:4 video quality for local screen sharing, robust USB host switching, BYOD charging and reliable wired Ethernet connections.

Improved User Experience

Resolves key pain points such as the inability to share more than one BYOD device during calls, no USB host switching and interruptions when plugging in external devices.

BYOD Simplicity

Users can connect their devices (BYOD) to the system without interrupting an ongoing MTR call. Whether in a Teams meeting or hosting a local offline meeting, Lightware’s integration enables screen sharing, effortless USB switching and smooth access to room peripherals.

Room Automation and Sustainability

LARA’s room control and automation features allow smart meeting rooms to be scheduled and automated, contributing to both ease of use and energy efficiency.

Complementing MTR systems with smarter, adaptive technology

With the combined power of Lenovo’s ThinkSmart solutions and Lightware’s Taurus and LARA products, meeting room technology becomes more dynamic, reliable, and user-friendly. The integration not only resolves the common limitations of MTR systems but also offers a more flexible, automated and sustainable approach to modern collaboration.

Application / UCX-2x1-HC40 / Lenovo

Optimal Collaboration in Small Meeting Rooms

Combination of the UCX-2x1 HC40 Taurus model, and the Lenovo ThinkSmart full room kit for Microsoft Teams can be ideal choice Lenovo ThinkSmart full room kit for Microsoft Teams, where distances are manageable without any extension, and room capacity is limited to 1-3 people, thus only 2 additional BYOD sources are enough.

Taurus handles room automation by turning the display on or off. Lenovo full room kit provides exceptional audio and video quality peripherals additionally to the core compute running Teams App.