Owl Labs Meeting Owl 4+ Review

Owl Labs Meeting Owl 4+ Review

Optics & Room Coverage 9.4/10

A 64 MP sensor captures 360° video at 4K UHD. Owl Labs pairs it with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8250 processor for faster framing and processing.

The extra resolution keeps faces sharp at the edges of the panorama, which was a weakness on older Owls.

Compared with the Kandao Meeting Ultra, the Owl is lighter and simpler, with no screens but better portability between rooms. It also leaves the main view of the call on the wall display, where most people already look.

The camera sees 360° from the table centre and automatically switches to the person speaking, with a panoramic strip along the top of the feed.

The eye-level view is the Owl’s main appeal. It also reduces the urge for remote people to ask who is talking.

Eight microphones pick up voices up to 18 ft (5.5 m) away, and an optional Expansion Mic extends coverage for larger tables.

• View 360°
• Room Size Small to medium rooms
• Pan/Tilt No mechanical PTZ
• Res. 4K UHD

AI Speaker Tracking & Framing 9.4/10

Zoom is digital, using the high-resolution sensor to crop speaker views. Owl Labs specifies a 10 ft (3 m) video radius for clear framing.

Within that range, close-ups look clean thanks to the 64 MP sensor. Beyond it, faces soften, so the Owl is best in rooms where everyone sits within a few metres of the table centre.

For longer rooms, Owl Labs sells the Owl Bar as a front-of-room companion, and a PTZ camera such as the Rally Camera gives more optical reach.

• Tracking Yes
• Framing Automatic speaker tracking

Room Audio Pickup & Output 10.0/10

The Meeting Owl 4+ uses 8 microphones, 18 ft (5.5 m) pickup.

Full-duplex audio is listed, so both ends can talk without the usual half-duplex clipping. It is specified for Small to medium rooms (10 ft video radius).

• Duplex Yes

OS Platform & Ecosystem 9.5/10

The Meeting Owl 4+ is Microsoft Teams certified. The Owl Labs app handles settings and firmware, while the Nest portal provides updates and fleet management for IT teams.

Features such as Owl Intelligence System tracking and pin modes are controlled through the app. Larger deployments can use Owl Labs’ paid management tiers for alerts, analytics and remote controls. Small offices rarely need them.

It also pairs with other Owl devices, including a second Owl for larger rooms, and with Microsoft Teams Rooms setups.

• Mgmt The Nest fleet management

Deployment & I/O 5.7/10

Setup uses a single USB-C cable to the room PC or laptop, plus power. The device measures 11.6 x 11.6 x 27.5 cm and weighs 1.5 kg.

Plug-and-play works with Teams, Zoom, Google Meet and other apps. The owl shape is tall enough to see over laptops on the table, which is easy to underestimate.

It is light enough to move between rooms, which suits offices that share one camera across several spaces. For the best view, keep it at the true centre of the table and clear of laptop lids and water jugs.

• Mounting Table
• HDMI No HDMI output to a display
• PoE No

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