Jabra PanaCast 50 vs Kandao Meeting Ultra Comparison

Jabra PanaCast 50

Three 13 MP sensors stitch a 180° panoramic 4K image at 3840 x 1080. Virtual Director picks the active speaker, and Intelligent Zoom keeps the whole group framed as people come and go. A 120° bar like the Logitech Rally Bar Mini would have cut off those end seats. Jabra targets medium rooms, matching Microsoft's medium-room category.

Kandao Meeting Ultra

Two 4K HDR sensors capture a 360° view at up to 3840 x 2160. The panorama is stitched in the device and fed to the meeting app with speaker and group views. In a room with windows, HDR keeps faces visible against bright backgrounds, which is a common weakness of centre-table cameras.

Jabra PanaCast 50

The PanaCast 50 has speaker tracking: Automatic Speaker Detection. Auto framing is included (Intelligent Zoom, Dynamic Composition, Virtual Director). Official AI features include Virtual Director, Intelligent Zoom, Dynamic Composition, Intelligent Meeting Space, PeopleCount, Vivid HDR, dual-stream whiteboard. Multi-stream or gallery options are listed as Single-stream and multi-stream Dynamic Composition (multi-stream on Microsoft Teams Rooms).

Kandao Meeting Ultra

Zoom is digital, using crops from the 360° image for speaker close-ups. There is no optical zoom, as with every centre-table 360° camera. This works because people sit within a few metres of the camera. Close-ups of the person speaking are sharp enough for video calls, and the camera switches smoothly between speakers.

Jabra PanaCast 50

Eight beamforming mics remove echo and static noise and work in full duplex. Jabra sizes it for rooms up to about 4.5 x 6 m. Because the PanaCast 50 doesn't support expansion mics, longer rooms are better served by a Logitech Rally Bar with Mic Pods. Eight beamforming mics with full duplex suit a medium table where people interrupt each other.

Kandao Meeting Ultra

The Meeting Ultra uses 8 omnidirectional, 5.5 m pickup. It is specified for Medium rooms; 12 to 18 people with daisy chain.

Jabra PanaCast 50

It's certified for Microsoft Teams, Teams Rooms, Zoom and Zoom Rooms. As a USB device, it works with any meeting app on the host PC. For Teams Rooms on Windows, pair it with a certified compute. Our Teams Rooms equipment guide lists the parts you'll need. Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms certification covers the two appliance paths most offices care about.

Kandao Meeting Ultra

Kandao's Algorithm 4.0 handles speaker tracking, auto framing and layout modes. The touchscreens control meetings directly without a separate controller. Standalone app support removes the need to manage a room PC. Firmware updates arrive over the network, and the interface is simple enough for walk-in meetings.

Jabra PanaCast 50

A wall mount, 2 m USB-C to USB-A cable and power supply are in the box. Jabra Direct, Xpress and Sound+ handle configuration, and a Bluetooth LE remote controls manual PTZ. Run firmware updates before the first meeting, because Virtual Director has improved with updates.

Kandao Meeting Ultra

The device runs Android with an 8-core CPU and 6 TOPS NPU, so Zoom, Teams and other apps run locally. It can also connect to a laptop over USB as a camera and speakerphone. At 4.19 kg it is built to stay put, which suits dedicated rooms rather than shared kits that move between spaces.