Still running Logitech Group?
Here is where it actually stands.
Logitech Group kits are discontinued, and the platform has moved to a new generation. The unit on your table still works — and there is a right way to plan what comes next. This page gives Group owners in the UAE the full picture: what keeps working, where spares stand, and the exact replacement path when the time comes.
Vector Digital Systems is a Logitech distributor in Dubai supplying and installing Logitech video conferencing systems across all seven UAE emirates since 2009.
Your Group has run the boardroom for years. Now the questions have started.
Maybe the camera stopped responding to the remote last Tuesday. Maybe Information Technology (IT) flagged it in this year's refresh review. Maybe a new hire asked why the meeting room does not just start the call by itself like their last office did. Whatever brought you here, the situation is the same one facing thousands of United Arab Emirates (UAE) meeting rooms that standardised on Logitech Group between 2016 and 2021.
Three kinds of people land on this page. The owner whose Group still works fine — and wants to know how long that stays true. The owner with a failing unit — hunting for a spare expansion mic, a replacement remote, or a repair answer, today. The IT or facilities planner — writing next year's budget and needing to know what replaces Group, at what cost, without redoing the whole room.
All three get answered on this page — in that order. No alarm bells. The unit earned better than that.
Why Logitech Group earned eight-year service lives
Group was never the flashiest system in the catalogue. It became the default mid-size room camera across Dubai offices for harder reasons: it did exactly what it claimed, over USB, with nothing to configure. Respect first — then the status as it stands.
10x lossless HD zoom
1080p at 30 frames per second with a 90° field of view, 260° pan and 130° tilt. In 2016 nothing near its price did this — and the optics still hold up on a call today.
20 people on one speakerphone
A 6-metre base pickup diameter, stretching to 8.5 metres with expansion mics — covering 14–20 people. Full-duplex audio with echo cancellation that made long tables usable.
One USB cable to any laptop
No operating system in the unit, no logins, no platform lock. Plug the Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable into any PC or Mac and every meeting app just saw a camera and a speakerphone.
Nothing in it to fail young
No onboard compute meant no onboard obsolescence. Units bought in 2017 are still on Dubai boardroom tables in 2026 — which is precisely why so many owners now face this decision at once.
Logitech Group — the specification record
Kept here in full because owners still need it — for insurance schedules, asset registers, IT audits, and matching spares. These are the figures from Logitech's own datasheet.
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Video | Full HD 1080p at 30 fps · 90° field of view · 10x lossless HD zoom · 260° pan, 130° tilt |
| Audio | Full-duplex speakerphone · acoustic echo cancellation · noise reduction · four omnidirectional microphones |
| Pickup range | 6 m diameter around the speakerphone · 8.5 m with expansion microphones |
| Capacity | Designed for 14–20 people (with expansion mics) |
| Connectivity | USB 2.0 to PC or Mac · Bluetooth wireless audio · Near Field Communication (NFC) pairing |
| Cabling | Speakerphone–hub 4.9 m · camera–hub 4.9 m · hub–PC 3 m · optional 10 m / 25 m extended USB runs |
| Part numbers | 960-001057 (Group, EMEA) · 960-001054 (Group, US) · 989-000171 (Expansion Mics) · 960-001060 (Group + Expansion Mics bundle) |
If you are matching a part number from an old purchase order, the UAE-supplied unit is almost always 960-001057. The expansion microphones (989-000171) and the extender cables are the parts that fail or go missing first — and the parts owners search for most.
The end-of-life story — without the fear
Here is the status, plainly. Logitech has discontinued the Group room kits — its own support pages state the MeetUp and Group kits are no longer available, and point buyers to the current generation of room systems. New sealed Group units have left the official channel; what circulates now is remaining channel stock and the second-hand market.
The deeper shift is architectural. Group belongs to the generation where a camera plugged into a laptop. The platform has since moved to CollabOS — Logitech's operating system inside the current bars — where the room itself runs Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) or Zoom Rooms natively, joins meetings without anyone's laptop, and takes updates and management centrally. Group has no path onto CollabOS. It cannot become an appliance room. That is not a fault; it is a generation boundary.
What this means in practice: no new feature development, no path to native Teams or Zoom room certification, and a spares pool that only shrinks. Expansion mics, remotes and hub cables are already scarce in the UAE channel — priced accordingly when they surface. The SmartDock-era Skype Room System bundles Group once anchored are long retired along with the platform they served.
None of this switches your unit off. Which brings us to the part most pages skip.
What still works on a Logitech Group — and will keep working
A Logitech Group is a USB peripheral. It has no operating system, no licence, and no certification clock inside it. Plugged into a laptop, it is simply a camera and a speakerphone — and Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet running on that laptop will keep accepting it indefinitely. The desktop apps do not care how old a USB camera is. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) rooms built around a Group still do their job today.
What has genuinely degraded is everything around that core. The remote-control pairing fails more often than the optics ever do. Expansion mic daisy-chains develop dropouts at the connector. The hub cabling — the 16-foot runs between camera, speakerphone and hub — is the most common failure point we see on site visits, and the one owners misdiagnose as a dead camera. A surprising number of "broken" Group units in Dubai are actually one failed cable.
So the operational read: as a plug-in USB camera for laptop-driven calls, Group keeps working. As the heart of a modern meeting room — one that joins meetings itself, frames speakers automatically, and gets managed remotely — it was never that, and no update will make it that.
Keep it or replace it? The framework we quote by
Not every Group needs replacing this quarter. Run each room through this — it is the same framework we use on site assessments.
Keeping it is rational when…
- The room runs laptop-driven (BYOD) calls and nobody minds plugging in
- Usage is light — a few calls a week, not back-to-back scheduling
- The optics, speakerphone and cabling all still test healthy
- No requirement for native Teams or Zoom room join, calendar panel, or auto-framing
- Budget timing favours one more year — and you accept spares may not be findable if something fails
Replacement is due when…
- The room is being upgraded to one-touch join — Microsoft Teams Rooms or Zoom Rooms running on the device itself
- A component has failed and the spare costs a meaningful fraction of a new bar
- Leadership wants automatic speaker framing and equal visibility for hybrid meetings
- IT wants the room fleet monitored and updated centrally, not visited desk by desk
- The room is client-facing — where a fumbled start costs more than hardware ever will
If half your rooms land in the right column, replace those first and let the healthy Groups serve out their time in low-traffic rooms. A staged migration costs less than a big-bang refresh and lets the estate share spares as units retire. We plan exactly this, room by room, on a site walk — message the room count on WhatsApp and we will map it with you.
What replaces Logitech Group — mapped by the room you actually have
Group covered a wide span — huddle corners to 20-seat boardrooms with expansion mics. Its successors split that span across a family, so the right answer depends on the room, not the brochure. This is the map we quote from.
- Runs Teams / Zoom Rooms on the bar itself
- Auto-framing of everyone in frame
- One cable to the display, one to power
- MeetUp 2 for USB-first huddle rooms
- 4K sensor, 120° diagonal view, 7 m mic pickup
- Appliance mode or USB mode — both in one unit
- Add Tap IP for one-touch join
- Reuses your existing display and mount points
- 15x HD zoom — 5x optical, beyond Group's reach
- Six beamforming mics, 7 m base pickup
- Mic pods extend down the table like your expansion mics did
- Add Sight for centre-of-table speaker views
- Modular camera, speakers and mic pods, zoned to the table
- RoomMate runs the room as an appliance — no PC in the credenza
- Tap IP on the table for one-touch join
- Designed room by room, not boxed
The part-number translation owners ask for: a 960-001057 / 960-001054 Group room with 989-000171 expansion mics maps to Rally Bar with mic pods in the same room size — and your display, wall mount and containment almost always stay. What changes is the electronics on the shelf, not the room around it. One thing that does not carry over: Group expansion microphones do not connect to any Rally-family bar — the mic pod system replaces them.
From ageing Group to a running room — in four steps
Tell us the rooms
Room sizes, seat counts, platform (Teams / Zoom / mixed), and what the Group estate looks like today. WhatsApp or a site walk — same day for Dubai.
Get the map and the number
A room-by-room replacement plan with model, part numbers and installed pricing in United Arab Emirates dirhams (AED). What is reused, what is replaced, what is optional.
Installation without theatre
Mounting, cabling, network provisioning, platform sign-in, and a test call before we leave. Most single rooms are done in under a day.
Old units handled
Working Groups redeployed to low-traffic rooms, kept as spares for the remaining estate, or cleared with the upgrade — your call, agreed up front.
What replacing a Group costs — in real numbers
Installed pricing, not box prices — supply, mounting, cabling, platform setup and a test call. Every room differs; these are the working ranges Dubai projects actually land in.
| Room | Typical replacement | Installed range |
|---|---|---|
| Huddle (2–6) | Rally Bar Huddle or MeetUp 2, display reused | AED 6,500–11,000 |
| Small–medium (6–10) | Rally Bar Mini + Tap IP | AED 12,000–18,000 |
| Medium–large (10–16) | Rally Bar + mic pod + Tap IP | AED 16,000–26,000 |
| Boardroom (16–20+) | Rally Plus + RoomMate + Tap IP, zoned audio | AED 28,000–55,000 |
| Group spares & repairs | Expansion mics, hub cables, remotes — sourced on request | Quoted per part |
Ranges include installation within Dubai; other emirates add travel, quoted up front. Native Microsoft Teams Rooms or Zoom Rooms operation carries the platform's own per-room licence — we state that line separately on every quotation, so the real cost is visible before you sign anything.
Group estates exist across MEA too — we supply the exit path from Dubai
The same 2016–2021 Group rollouts happened in Nairobi, Riyadh and Lagos. Vector Digital Systems exports the current Logitech room families from Dubai stock — with export documentation handled from our side.
GCC & Middle East offices on Group
Multi-branch estates refreshing rooms across the Gulf — supplied and coordinated from Dubai.
African rooms — north to south
Banks, NGOs and trading houses running Group past its prime — air-freighted replacements with documents done right.
Karachi to the Caucasus
From Karachi and Dhaka to Tashkent and Tbilisi — Dubai remains the practical supply line for current Logitech room hardware.
Export from Dubai, documents included. Commercial invoice, certificate of origin and packing list prepared here — air freight from Dubai (DXB) with brokers we have used for years.
WhatsApp Export DeskFrom owners who made the same call
Our two Group rooms were fine until one hub cable died and nobody could source it fast. They tested both rooms, fixed the cable on one, and replaced only the busy room with a Rally Bar Mini. Didn't push us to swap the second — that's why we'll use them when it is time.
Sent them a photo of the boardroom and the old Group part number on Saturday morning. Had a room-by-room plan with AED pricing by the afternoon — including which displays and mounts we could keep. Rally Bar installed the following week, one-touch Teams join like the head office wanted.
Twelve rooms on Group across two floors. They staged it over a quarter — busy rooms first, healthy Groups moved to the quiet rooms as spares donors. Finance liked the phasing, IT liked the central management on the new bars. Nobody missed a meeting through the whole change.
Logitech Group in the UAE — the practical answers
Is Logitech Group discontinued?
Does Logitech Group still work with Microsoft Teams and Zoom?
My Group camera is not moving or not responding — can it be repaired?
Where do I get firmware and software for Logitech Group now?
What replaces Logitech Group?
Do Logitech Group expansion mics work with Rally Bar?
Rally Bar vs Logitech Group — what actually changes?
Can I reuse my display, mounts and cabling when replacing a Group?
How many people does a Logitech Group system cover?
What does replacing a Logitech Group cost in Dubai?
Which areas in the UAE does Vector Digital Systems cover for Logitech Group support and replacement?
Does Vector Digital Systems export Logitech replacements for Group estates outside the UAE?
Where next, Group owner?
Logitech Video Conferencing Dubai
The full current family decoded — every bar, every room size, every deployment mode, with UAE pricing.
See the full range →Rally Bar, Mini & Huddle
The three bars compared properly — which one fits which room, and why. Most Group rooms land here.
Compare the three bars →Logitech Group — Remaining Supply
The Woo listing for Group while channel stock and spares last — check current availability before committing to a repair path.
Check availability →Rally Bar — Dubai Stock
The direct heir to Group's mid-size territory. Product page with current Dubai pricing and kit options.
View Rally Bar →Rally Bar Mini — Dubai Stock
The most common Group swap in Dubai — small-to-medium rooms, appliance or USB mode.
View Rally Bar Mini →Video Conferencing Systems Dubai
The full VC picture across nine brands — if the refresh opens the brand question, start here.
Compare nine brands →The unit did its years. Plan the next ones properly.
Send the room count and the old part number on WhatsApp. You will get a straight answer — repair, hold, or replace — with installed AED pricing, same day from Dubai.