Anker Conference Speaker, Speaker PowerConf S3, Conference Microphone with 6 Mics, Enhanced Voice Pickup, 24H Call Time, App Control, USB C, Compatible with Unified Communications Platforms

I was looking for a desktop conference speaker as it was tiring wearing headphones for work.I have had the odd issue in MS Teams when the mic doesn't appear to work but that's over a VPN connection so I'm not sure if this could occasionally cause an issue and, in any case, a quick restart usually resolves this. Excellent for hand-free phone use. Can easily hear the other person and they report hearing me very clearly, even when I'm walking about.Generally seems to work fine in Zoom and MS Teams.I wish I had bought this sooner as it's so handy for hands-free phone use - btw connected to Android phone.Recommended. Thanks.

This is fantastic! - Its the besst sound quality and microphone clarity I have ever experienced

For the most part this works great, I've used it with MS Teams on my laptop and Zoom, FB Messenger and regular old calls on my phone. It can even connect to my laptop and my phone simultaneously. Sound quality is good for calls but not quite rounded enough for me for music - but I only got it for calls anyway. The only problems I found with it are that it doesn't seem to like 2 people talking from different angles and different distances on FB Messenger calls. My wife and I tried to use it for talking to family and the first time it struggled picking her voice up but would pick my voice up ok. I had updated the firmware already and set the speaker to 'conference mode'. We're both normally softly spoken but I was directly in front of it about a metre away and she was to the side of it about 1.5 metres away. Since then I have tried more experimentation and it seems to work best when it's on a hard surface, you're close to it, roughly equidistant and you make an effort to speak clearly, but she still struggles with it and doesn't like it overall. The only other minor issue I found was the mute button doesn't sync up with MS Teams so there is the opportunity to double-mute yourself, but I only tend to use one anyway.Other than those things I think it is good overall and makes a useful addition to my office bag.

Great speaker and good value for the money.

Great product, connects well and is clear in its sound. Mute button good feature, easy to hit!

Had been considering one of these for the home office and have been really impressed with how this performs. Works just as well with the PC or Mobile, seamlessly connecting between the two. Excellent voice audio quality, and the microphone performance is much better than the built in ones on my laptop.The only negative is that it's not great for music, but not designed to be I guess. Handy extra feature is that you can use the battery to charge your mobile if needs be.

We weren't blown away by this product so we bought and tested it alongside the eMeet Luna, which we found to be the better product.The Anker powerconf has nice features like carry case and ability to use it as a power-bank. However I imagine that, like us, most people buy it to solve an internet call quality issue so I will focus on that.The model is good for individuals who sit close to it (perhaps missing half the point of a speakerphone). Voice pick-up is adequate and consistent. Sound quality is also adequate if a little muddy (unit has some ability at lower frequencies but at the expense of clarity in the mid-range).The model is not good for anyone who intends to use it much more than an arm's length distance (e.g small groups of people at a conference table, or someone who needs to move around as they speak). Once you get to a couple of metres away the sound pick-up becomes bad enough that the listener on the other end has to concentrate to hear you or has to ask you to repeat. Sound quality is fine for this scenario, it is a loud little unit that you can hear well enough at reasonable distance.Perhaps this product is trying to do too much - charging your phone and playing music is a fine addition but not at the expense of the core function. To me a speakerphone is about freeing you and your hands from the specific location of the phone - letting you speak and hear while maybe doing something else across the room. The powerconf is not the best at enabling this.We decided to keep the equivalent eMeet Luna product. It seemed really focused on call quality - crystal clear speaker and impressive voice pick-up in a variety of scenarios, listeners never seemed to struggle to understand you.

For the price it is a good conference speaker. I have it attached to my laptop dock via the USB cable. For Teams meetings (which most of mine are) it works really well. You will need the latest firmware update (via the mobile app) to get the Teams integration. Sadly there is no integration with Zoom which is really disappointing. The only other issue I have found is that the speaker is paired to my mobile via Bluetooth but also connected to my laptop via USB at the same time. If the USB is connected the speaker cannot seem to handle two devices and switch between the two. If I get a call on my mobile, or try to listen to music there is no sound until I disconnect the USB lead from the speaker. I have now unpaired the speaker from my phone. I am hoping that maybe both these issues will be fixed by a future firmware update, at which time I would happily give 5 stars.