Google has unveiled Chromebox for meetings, a combination of hardware that brings together Google+ Hangouts and Google Apps for high-definition video meetings.

Chromebox for meetings comes with an Intel Core i7-based Chromebox, a high-definition camera, a combined microphone and speaker unit and a remote control. Users can add a display, and set up their entire room. Meeting rooms are managed from a web-based management console, and do not require dial-in codes, passcodes or leader PINs.

Up to 15 participants can join the video meetings from other conference rooms, their laptops, tablets or smartphones. Users can also connect to rooms that have traditional video conferencing systems, and include participants joining in over phone. Participants in the conference do not need to have a Chromebox solution, but they will need a Gmail account.

Prices for Chromebox for meeting start from $999, and there is an yearly $250 management and support fee. The $999 price tag is includes the fee for the first year.

Read the blog post by Caesar Sengupta, vice president of product management at Google, announcing Chromebox for meetings here.

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