Dell Announces New AI-Driven Headset Portfolio

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving landscape of the modern workplace, effective communication is the cornerstone of productivity and collaboration. Dell Technologies is meeting those challenges with new headset designs that combine the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve hybrid work and the overall employee experience with noise canceling, reliable communications and improved comfort. And they are not as ugly as a Dell laptop.

Spatial, the immersive sound solutions company, announced the launch of a new soundscapes library designed for wellness in the workplace and commercial environments. Since its launch in 2017, Spatial achieved success in delivering immersive sound technology to enhance human experience in real world environments. Soundscapes designed to enhance workplace wellbeing are inspired from studies that show sound is directly tied to increase well-being, productivity, and sound masking.

Bone conduction headsets are becoming more popular for work, and particularly for work-from-anywhere usage. Still enjoying the success of the original OpenComm headsets, Shokz announced OpenComm2 UC, an upgrade to the brand’s previous bone conduction stereo headset for the workplace, with updated Bluetooth technology and advanced DSP noise-canceling boom microphones plus Clear Voice Capture (CVC) technology.

The new report Tackling the Modern Workplace by the Numbers, commissioned by Crestron Electronics, reveals how inadequate technology drives productivity loss and increases IT support for remote workers. Crestron unveiled the findings of the research that explores employee behaviors and preferences in a hybrid workplace, the technology tools and solutions they need and lack, and what employers are (and could be) doing to enable more consistently productive collaboration remotely and in-office.

HP Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Poly, the company created from the merger of Plantronics and Polycom, and the last remaining of the videoconference era companies. HP has been acquiring other companies in the audio space in order to expand its offer to growing market segments, and this acquisition is intended to significantly reinforce its position as a leading global provider of workplace collaboration solutions.

Poly introduced the Savi 7300 Office Series, the latest addition in the company's lineup of Savi wireless headsets designed for high-quality voice call conversations. The Savi 7300 Office Series, designed with enhanced DECT security and Poly's best-in-class audio, is a Certified for Microsoft Teams solution that ensures security for the most critical calls. The headsets offer the highest degree of privacy, even in shared spaces like call centers and customer service hubs.