Yealink CP700 Conference Speaker and Microphone 360° Omnidirectional Full-Duplex Microsoft Teams Certified USB-A Portable Speakerphone for 4-5 People Room 9H Talk Time Meeting Softphone (no dongle)

Everyone in our office uses these. We mainly use them with “teams” to conference call. Sound quality is great, very easy to use.

Speaker works well. Great microphone. Every once in a while the volume is turned way up. Realized I might be accidentally be touching the speaker, which can adjust the volume. Once I watched for that it was not an issue. Good design over all. Wish my computer had this stuff built-in.

Yealink might not be a household name, but they've got a solid rep among remote workers and similar types for making high quality, full featured audio devices sold at a decent price point. In particular, they make great headsets--arguably the best value in the market. They've now got a very broad catalog that includes earbuds, headphones, headsets--and speakerphones--among other things.I have to tell you that I was very resistant Initially to these speakerphone 'pucks'. Actually, I hated the very idea of them. I had a Bluetooth headset for the computer, a Bluetooth earpiece for other situations and speakerphone connectivity in my car. I do my best to avoid meetings and when I can't avoid them I'm typically the only person on my end. I've got other devices for music so I didn't really see much need for the speakerphone devices.Historically, speakerphones in general have been awful to deal with. Until recently, the call quality was so bad that it was considered downright rude to make a call on a speakerphone. Even so, there were blowhards that considered it a 'power move' to do so. If you were on the other end of a call like this it was brutal--you got to listen to the aforementioned blowhard's echo ridden bloviation. If you managed to get a word in edgewise, invariably you couldn't be heard clearly and it wouldn't be long before Mr. Blowhard was cutting you off and talking over you.Fast forward to a couple of years ago--someone gave me a speakerphone puck made by a well regarded brand as a gift. I told they guy I would try it out and to my surprise it was extremely useful. Call quality was excellent on both ends of the conversation. It interfaced nicely with the various desktop assistants and was a decent option for music. I started to view it as the 'Swiss Army Knife' of remote working audio. It could handle just about anything.Now I won't leave home--or even walk into my office--without this type of device. In fact, this Yealink CP700 now my dedicated office 'puck'. It can stand 'toe to toe' in terms of quality with any similar device on the market. Where this device *really* shines is when you have multiple call participants in your office with you. It has 360 degree voice pickup and a full duplex microphone. Two omnidirectional microphones miss very little from anyone involved in the call. I've tried more of this type of device that I can count and this might very well be the best available for multiple voice/conference call situations.You can connect this speaker via USB-A or Bluetooth and connected to just about any device imaginable. I've used it with a few different cellphones, my desktop computer and my laptop computer. The interface is really simple yet highly functional with sleek touch sensor buttons that let you control all of the relevant functions. It looks as good as it performs. All the better--the device is surprisingly small and weighs less than a pound. Just an excellent speakerphone for multiple use cases. Highly recommended!

The Teams Certified component sold me, but I'm far from impressed overall. Coworkers still announce that I have an echo, and I need to understand why the Teams option doesn't automatically activate without me selecting it.

This speakerphone requires a USB port available if you do not use Bluetooth. The device turns off when unplugged, even when fully charged. You can hold the power button on the speaker to turn off if it is on.For the initial test I used the 31-inch long hard wired USB hookup. The wire is permanent on the device, but comes wrapped in it's own circular slot on the speaker phone, which is a nice compact feature. For a Teams meeting, this device recognizes that and you can control the mic mute using your Teams mic icon. When doing so, the speaker turns it's mic red so you are aware if it is on (very important for those side remarks). The Bluetooth pairing shows up as "Yealink CP700" after holding down the Bluetooth symbol on the device for a few seconds. An English voice tells you that it is in pairing mode and when paired. I hosted a Teams meeting via PC built-in Bluetooth and it looked like that the device functions differently than the wired connection. When muting the mic in the Teams app, the speakerphone did not reflect that and did NOT turn the mic on the device red nor the lighted ring red like the wired connection. Although, it did appear that you were muted when talking. The Teams light was not lighted either despite being connected to a Teams meeting via Bluetooth. The instructions indicate it should work the same. I plugged the USB cord back in and only then did the mic & ring show red and the Teams light up on the speakerphone. Keep this in mind. I docked a star due to this connection difference. The sound quality is nice and you can control it by tapping on the "+/-" on the speakerphone. Power save mode is invoked after about 90 seconds of inactivity. The battery is supposed to last up to 9 hours. Nice round zippered case for portability. An optional Bluetooth dongle (BT50) is referenced in the manual, but not included. I am not sure if the Bluetooth will work the same as wired USB connection if you used this dongle. This speakerphone is made in China.