Today at its BlackBerry Enterprise event, BlackBerry announced BBM Meetings, a cross-platform voice and HD video conferencing feature for on-the-go professionals to meet across Android and BlackBerry 10 devices and as well as OS X and Windows. There’s also an iOS version in the works.. BlackBerry says that BBM Meetings is built with mobile first in mind.
The BBM Meetings app offers:
- HD VIDEO & VOICE CONFERENCING: Bring great ideas to life with HD video and voice conferencing for up to 25 participants either in active speaker or gallery mode.
- BBM CHATS BECOME MEETINGS AT THE TAP OF A BUTTON: Turn any BBM chat, multiperson chat, group chat, or BBM Voice call into a live meeting with the simple touch of a button.
- RING. ANSWER. JOINING A MEETING IS AS EASY AS THAT: Stop struggling with conference IDs, passcodes, and PINs. When it’s time to meet, your phone rings. Answer it just like a voice call and you’re in the meeting, ready to go.
- PRESENT ANYWHERE, WITH GROUNDBREAKING MOBILE COLLABORATION: BBM Meetings is designed for mobile, so you can present from your device of choice – mobile or desktop. Show your screen, deliver a presentation, share a document, or even add temporary notes.
- BETTER COLLABORATION. BETTER VALUE: Get all the standard meeting features and innovative new mobile experiences, plus award winning BlackBerry T-support included with a host subscription.
- SCHEDULE ON THE MOVE: Easily start or schedule a video and audio conference from your mobile device. Invite attendees from your local or company address book using email or BBM.
- CHAT WHILE YOU MEET: Sometimes a good idea can’t wait for the call to wrap up. Send a message to the group while you meet or send a private message to a single attendee.
- TAKE CONTROL. STAY PRODUCTIVE: Keep meetings on track and productive by managing attendees, even when hosting from a mobile device. Pass host controls, mute noisy lines, remove attendees, and lock your meeting to keep it private.
- DIAL IN: Outside of your data coverage or roaming overseas? No problem. When you don’t have access to data, simply dial in from a phone line.
You can download BBM meetings via Google Play, BlackBerry World, Mac, or Windows.
What do you think of the new BBM Meetings?