Cisco Google Meet Goes Native: A Planning Guide for Dublin Offices

Cisco announced on 7 October 2026 that Google Meet now runs natively on its collaboration devices, a Cisco Google Meet partnership that puts Meet alongside Webex, Microsoft Teams and Zoom on the same hardware. At the same WebexOne event Cisco unveiled RoomOS 27, which it says arrives in November, and Cisco Ceiling Speaker Pro, a network connected ceiling loudspeaker.

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• Date: Cisco published the news on 7 October 2026 from WebexOne 2026 in Austin, Texas.
• Google Meet on Cisco: Cisco says its devices support fully featured Google Meet natively, through a new partnership with Google.
• Platforms: according to Cisco, its devices now cover four meeting services, namely Webex, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet.
• RoomOS 27: the next operating system for Cisco collaboration devices, which Cisco says is available in November.
• Cisco Ceiling Speaker Pro: an IP ceiling speaker that Cisco says connects over a single Ethernet cable and adapts audio using AI; no release date or full specification has been published at the time of writing.
• Source: the Cisco Newsroom release "Cisco Unveils New Agentic Collaboration Experiences" and a Webex blog post by Snorre Kjesbu.

The Cisco Google Meet announcement in brief

Until now, a Cisco video bar or board in a Google Workspace business may have needed a workaround, such as someone plugging in a laptop, to join a Meet call. According to Cisco's press release on the Cisco Newsroom, that changes. Cisco says a new partnership with Google lets its devices offer Google Meet natively and with its full feature set, so a Cisco room would run Meet in its own right.

Cisco frames the move as letting customers pick the meeting and AI services they prefer. Trade site UC Today, covering WebexOne on 7 October 2026, reported that one fleet of Cisco devices can now be pointed at whichever service a given room or team uses. The detail that buyers need most, the list of supported models, was not in the release.

AV Interactive, the website of AV Magazine, covered the story on 8 October 2026 under the headline "Cisco goes native with Google Meet and adds ceiling audio".

RoomOS 27 and Ceiling Speaker Pro

RoomOS 27. Cisco calls this the operating system for its Collaboration Devices and says it is available in November. Headline additions in the release include an AI Assistant that Cisco says can engage in 32 languages, and room management tools in Cisco Cloud Control such as Workspace Advisor, Smart Room Assurance and Divisible Rooms. Cisco gives an example of a prompt that the room is too warm leading to the temperature being adjusted and the blinds being lowered, which relies on the building systems being connected in the first place.

Ceiling Speaker Pro. In the Webex blog post accompanying the launch, Snorre Kjesbu, Cisco's Senior Vice President and General Manager of Collaboration, wrote: "With our new Cisco Ceiling Speaker Pro, we're completing an important part of our audio-over-IP architecture." Cisco says the speaker works with its video devices, cameras and ceiling microphones, offers adaptive voice lift so people at a long table hear each other, and has built in processing with automatic configuration. The press release adds that it runs over one Ethernet cable and is designed to replace multi vendor audio setups.

What is missing so far: dimensions, power requirements, coverage area, how many speakers a room supports and when it ships. We would not specify it for a project until Cisco publishes a data sheet.

Which Dublin rooms this matters for

Google Workspace companies with Cisco hardware. Some tech and services firms around Grand Canal Dock and the Docklands run Google Workspace for email and calendars but bought Cisco room kit years ago. If those devices make Cisco's supported list, native Meet could remove the daily workaround without new screens or cameras.

Offices that use more than one platform. A regional office near St Stephen's Green may talk to a parent company on Teams and to clients on Meet or Zoom. Being able to set each Cisco room to the platform it is used for most can cut down on the "which button do I press" calls to IT.

Larger rooms needing better audio. Cisco pitches Ceiling Speaker Pro's adaptive voice lift at people seated across a long table, which suggests boardrooms and training rooms, for example a large meeting space on an office campus in Sandyford, Citywest or Cherrywood.

Teams Rooms estates. Organisations committed to Microsoft Teams Rooms do not need to do anything. Teams stays on Cisco's list of supported platforms. If you are reviewing Android based Teams devices anyway, our Teams Rooms Android audit guide is a good starting point.

A checklist before you change any room

• Audit the estate. Record each Cisco device's model, location and current software version so you can compare it with Cisco's compatibility list when it appears.
• Agree the home platform per room. Decide which rooms will run Meet natively and which stay on Webex or Teams, based on who books them.
• Involve your Google Workspace admin. Ask what Google needs on its side to enrol and manage third party room hardware, and whether any room licence applies, at the time of writing.
• Wait for RoomOS 27 notes. Read Cisco's release notes in November before updating, and update a test room first.
• Pilot for a week. Check calendar invitations, screen sharing, guest joining and booking panels in normal use.
• Review the network for audio over IP. Ceiling speakers on Ethernet need switch ports, power and sensible traffic handling. Plan this with your network team before ceilings are closed.
• Read the Google side too. Google is also reshaping its own room hardware; our post on Google Meet hardware moving to Android explains that change.

Fitting it into a Dublin office building

Much of the meeting room work in Dublin happens during fit outs of existing floors, where ceiling voids are shared with mechanical services and every cable route has to be agreed. A loudspeaker that needs one network cable rather than separate amplifier wiring can simplify that coordination, provided the network design is settled early. In the Georgian buildings around Merrion Square and Fitzwilliam Square, where ceilings may be decorative or protected, ceiling speakers of any kind need careful planning and may not be suitable at all.

1Install designs, supplies and installs meeting rooms, Teams Rooms and video conferencing systems. We would compare Cisco's new options with other brands for each room once full details are out. Our pages on video conferencing, meeting room AV and audio conferencing explain how we approach a room, and our Teams Room installation in Dublin page covers Microsoft rooms.

Questions we are often asked

Does Google Meet work on Cisco video conferencing devices?

Yes, according to Cisco. It says its collaboration devices now support fully featured Google Meet natively, although it has not yet listed which models qualify at the time of writing.

Is this the same as joining Meet from a laptop in a Cisco room?

No. Cisco describes Meet running natively on its devices with its full feature set, rather than a room relying on a laptop or other workaround.

When can we get RoomOS 27?

Cisco says RoomOS 27 is available in November. Check Cisco's release notes before updating any production room.

Does Cisco Ceiling Speaker Pro need a separate amplifier?

Cisco says it runs over a single Ethernet cable and replaces multi vendor audio setups, but it has not yet published a full specification, so confirm power and wiring needs once the data sheet is out.

Can one Cisco room switch between Teams, Zoom and Google Meet?

Cisco says its devices support all four platforms, and UC Today reports a fleet can be set to whichever service each room relies on; how a single room handles more than one platform depends on details Cisco has not yet published.

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