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> We're turnkey, set up in five minutes, are super easy to use, designed for getting real work done, and the hardware is free. You just pay $50/month per room,

by secure 10y ago

> We're turnkey, set up in five minutes, are super easy to use, designed for getting real work done, and the hardware is free. You just pay $50/month per room, and there's no commitment (you can send us back the hardware and cancel any time). So, am I understanding it correctly that your main distinction from Google’s Hangouts-based offering is the pricing model? See https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-meetings/ https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-meetings/ (800 USD one-time). I haven’t personally set it up (just used it a lot), so I’m not entirely sure if your statement “designed for getting real work done” implies that Google’s lacks in that regard…?

kwindla 10y ago
Pricing is a difference. But we also think our UX is easier, in general, and a better fit for project, design, and engineering meetings. We made lots of little UI choices that we think add up to a different level of ease and productivity. Here are the big things: We support two TVs (if you have two), and two simultaneous screen shares. Our hardware has WiFi, in addition to Ethernet. You control a Pluot box using your phone or laptop. So our "software remote control" always shows you only options that make sense for whatever the state of the Pluot call is, at the moment. There's no remote control to learn or lose. And we can continually update the "software remote control" to improve and simplify things. Hangouts can be futzy because of how Google thinks about identity. It's pretty common for people to have trouble getting calendar invites and joining meetings because they have multiple email addresses but the Google Apps/Hangouts don't treat all of those email addresses equally. We opted for a "no sign in" approach, after doing a lot of user testing. Calendar integration and "identity" is great, when it works, but a real pain when it doesn't. Google's tight integration of Hangouts, Apps, and sign-in is a double edged sword.

by secure 10y ago

kwindla 10y ago

Pricing is a difference. But we also think our UX is easier, in general, and a better fit for project, design, and engineering meetings. We made lots of little UI choices that we think add up to a different level of ease and productivity. Here are the big things: We support two TVs (if you have two), and two simultaneous screen shares. Our hardware has WiFi, in addition to Ethernet. You control a Pluot box using your phone or laptop. So our "software remote control" always shows you only options that make sense for whatever the state of the Pluot call is, at the moment. There's no remote control to learn or lose. And we can continually update the "software remote control" to improve and simplify things. Hangouts can be futzy because of how Google thinks about identity. It's pretty common for people to have trouble getting calendar invites and joining meetings because they have multiple email addresses but the Google Apps/Hangouts don't treat all of those email addresses equally. We opted for a "no sign in" approach, after doing a lot of user testing. Calendar integration and "identity" is great, when it works, but a real pain when it doesn't. Google's tight integration of Hangouts, Apps, and sign-in is a double edged sword.