Embrava Blynclight Mini - Busy Light for The Office (Designed for Monitors and laptops)

The light works well, as intended: different colors for different status...when it's working! It looks like it's harder to set up and keep connected with MS Teams than other apps. I installed the software and set up the light at first, which did not work. I tried many ways to get it to connect to Teams to no avail. I had to open a ticket with the helpdesk. They sent me a whole procedure to follow (reinstall the app, disconnect/reconnect light, choose TEAMS option 1 in app, choose TEAMS option 2 in app...) from the look of it, it's not the first time people are having issues with Teams and Embrava. When it finally connected, it worked well. But between my PC going to sleep and getting back on the next morning, the light wouldn't work. I had to start Teams again, and disconnect and reconnect the light via the app. Now, some morning it works with no intervention, some morning I need to restart. A little buggy with MS Teams. From what I can read, it works better with WebEx or Zoom, but I haven't tried that yet. I was testing this light to deploy throughout our office of 40 people, but I'll test it a bit longer before buying more units.

This seems pretty awesome and exactly what I need to let my kids and wife know that I'm on a call or busy without them opening my office and interrupting my work.For Microsoft Teams, it requests permissions to read your profile and status. So, for it to work, it does require the company exchange/office 365 admin to approve it for use.Bottom line, if you are working for a medium to large company with a security department and not just a "computer guy" you probably will need to go through the hoops of asking for a security policy exception or hope that your call center already uses these.If you are your own admin or boss and can just make it happen, this thing is probably awesome.

Works great, these are perfect for our office as everyone has dual monitors and you can't see their face most of the time. This will help avoid inturpuptions especially as headsets become smaller and alot harder to see if someone is on a call. Worth it!!!!

Works for letting others know you are busy, on a call, or in tele/video conference. Since working from home is the new normal, this is a very efficient method to let others in the house know your status. It connects with you calendar, so is pretty easy once set up. Took a little to get it set up properly and had to get permissions to get drivers installed on work computer, but once set up it is a nice little notification indicator.

With the major shift in the world to remote working and tele-commuting, it's been much more difficult to achieve work-life balance. This little color changing light takes the guesswork out of my schedule for my kids. I wish I bought it sooner, as they are now loving knowing if they can enter the office freely, ok to knock if you need something small, or if they can only knock in an emergency. Everyone who works from home needs one of these! I push a longer micro USB cable on it an mounted it just outside my office door. Thrilled with its functionality!