Four months ago at InfoComm, Cisco was talking up its deal to run Zoom Rooms natively on its collaboration devices. At WebexOne 2026 in Austin, it closed the set. Through a new partnership with Google, Cisco hardware will run fully featured Google Meet alongside Webex, Microsoft Teams and Zoom. The new support arrives as part of RoomOS 27, the next version of the operating system behind its room and desk devices, due in November.
Espen Løberg, VP and GM of Collaboration Devices at Cisco, tells UC Today that RoomOS 27 focuses on three areas: expanding edge AI inferencing, opening up the ecosystem further, and adding more advanced manageability and assurance. He frames the release around a larger ambition for the platform.
The workplace needs a trusted operating system, and RoomOS is that operating system.
Native Google Meet Completes Cisco's Multi-Platform Room Strategy
Løberg says platform choice has to be settled before the agentic workplace story can land with buyers. Cisco already counts itself the fastest-growing Microsoft Teams Rooms ecosystem partner, and he says the Zoom Rooms integration is going live for general availability this month. Google Meet is the final piece across the four major meeting platforms.
When it comes to our ambition of being the operating system for the agentic workplace, the meeting service cannot be a barrier to adoption.
For IT teams running mixed estates, which describes most large enterprises, that removes one of the main reasons to standardise on different hardware for different platforms. One device fleet, managed centrally through Cisco, can now boot into whichever service a given room or team relies on.
Cisco AI Assistant Brings Natural Language Control to the Room
Cisco says the new AI assistant in RoomOS 27 understands natural language and intent in 32 languages. Løberg says the bigger shift is the workplace context the assistant carries. Organisations can customise it with the services available in their environment, so users can ask it for help with location and room services as well as meeting controls, on devices in meeting rooms and hallways.
