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“Smart video™” simply means that video conferencing systems are as user-friendly and intuitive as smartphones. This week, LifeSize announced the LifeSize® Icon™ Series, and we believe this product exemplifies the smart video experience perfectly. But how? Keep reading for the top five reasons why we believe the LifeSize Icon Series is truly smart video.

1. Easy enough for anyone to use without training: Think of when you first bought your iPhone or Android device. Did anyone teach you how to use it? Of course not. You just fiddled with the device until you figured it out. The user interface of these smartphones is so easy and intuitive that it takes only a few minutes to navigate your way through it perfectly. The same can be said for the LifeSize Icon Series. With its icon-driven design, the LifeSize Icon Series is as easy to use as any smartphone. Anyone of any IT skill level can walk into a conference room and make a video call—no more embarrassment and no more calling IT for help. It really doesn’t get any simpler than that.

3. Heads-up experience: HUD technology means that you never have to look down to do the things you want to do (your head always stays up and focused). With the LifeSize Icon Series, we have eliminated all of those extra buttons on the remote control and kept the basics: up, down, right, left, mute and “OK.” Everything else is right in front of you on the screen. With this new experience, users never have to look down at their remote to make a video call. Hey, if HUD technology is good enough for fighter pilots and luxury vehicles, it should be good enough for video conferencing, right?

4. Name-based dialing: When was the last time you actually called someone by dialing a phone number? Chances are, you looked on your contacts or favorites list on your phone and called them directly from there. Video conferencing has been plagued with IP, SIP and bridge numbers for far too long (and really, who has time for all of those numbers?). Wouldn’t it be better if you could just look up your contacts by their first or last names and call them directly? Better yet, if they aren’t in your corporate directory, what if you could pin them to your favorites list for easy reference? With the LifeSize Icon Series, you can. A name-based directory that can support up to 100, 000 entries, a favorites list and a “recent calls” tab make for smart video.