First Look at the New Jabra Reach, alongside PanaCast 55 VBS and PanaCast SpeakerMic

Filmed at Jabra's London event, Alex walks through a large room build using the Android-based PanaCast 55 VBS with Huddly Crew cameras and the PanaCast SpeakerMic, then the medium room and BYOD variants. The new Jabra Reach extender is covered in detail: single USB-C connection over HDBaseT up to 100 metres, with availability from 5 October 2026.

At Jabra’s London event, Alex demonstrates meeting solutions for medium and large rooms, alongside the newly announced Jabra Reach.

The tour explores the Android-based Jabra PanaCast 55 VBS and its expansion options. Huddly Crew cameras provide active-speaker views, complementing PanaCast’s panoramic room coverage, while the Jabra PanaCast SpeakerMic extends both microphone pickup and speaker coverage. SpeakerMic connects through its adapter using Cat 6 cabling up to 30 metres long, allowing flexible placement in larger rooms.

For medium rooms, PanaCast 55 VBS can be deployed without additional cameras or SpeakerMic, with Jabra Control IP for meeting control, or configured for BYOD use. Alex also explains the flexibility of the touch panel hardware, which can be configured as either Jabra Control IP or Jabra Scheduler.

Jabra Reach brings single-cable USB-C connectivity to BYOD and room-system setups, giving a laptop access to room audio, video and screen sharing. Built on HDBaseT, it extends connectivity up to 100 metres, with Cat 6a required for 4K60 at that distance. Optional USB-C power delivery provides up to 100W of laptop charging using a separately purchased power adapter. Jabra has announced availability from 5 October 2026.

Chapters

• 00:00 — Welcome at Jabra London
• 00:13 — Large Room Demo Setup
• 00:39 — Multi-Camera Speaker Tracking
• 01:17 — PanaCast SpeakerMic Audio Extension
• 02:09 — PanaCast 55 VBS for Medium Rooms
• 02:46 — Jabra Control IP and Scheduler Flexibility
• 03:09 — Jabra Reach Overview
• 03:43 — Cable Range and Laptop Charging
• 04:30 — Receiver Box and Mounting
• 04:54 — Availability and Wrap-Up

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome at Jabra London
• 0:12 Large Room Demo Setup
• 1:00 Multi-Camera Speaker Tracking
• 2:20 PanaCast SpeakerMic Audio Extension
• PanaCast 55 VBS for Medium Rooms
• 2:55 Jabra Control IP and Scheduler Flexibility
• Jabra Reach Overview
• 3:33 Cable Range and Laptop Charging
• 4:34 Receiver Box and Mounting
• Availability and Wrap-Up

Key insights

• In the large room build, Huddly Crew cameras handle active speaker views while PanaCast provides the full panoramic room view for the far end.
• A USB-C adapter allows the PanaCast SpeakerMic to be attached to the large room solution.
• The PanaCast SpeakerMic has four microphones plus a speaker, and connects over Cat 6 cabling up to 30 metres.
• The SpeakerMic extends coverage from a 6 metre room to an 11 metre room, keeping audio levels consistent front to back.
• PanaCast 55 VBS covers medium rooms of around 6 by 6 metres with no additional audio or video extension required.
• The Jabra Scheduler and Jabra Control IP are the same hardware, so a panel can be redeployed as either.
• Jabra Reach uses HDBaseT and a single USB-C cable to the laptop, extending up to 100 metres, with Cat 6a needed for 4K60 at that distance.
• Reach supports USB-C power delivery of up to 100W using a separately purchased power adapter, and its receiver box is designed to mount behind the screen.

Insights summarised by AI from the episode transcript, reviewed by the Empowering.Cloud team.