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Looks like it's still an early stage. Nice to see that it has something I wanted to implement in Jitsi Meet - "select person to talk". Other than that I don't see the appeal other than the subscription model for the hardware if you are an employer. Would be nice to see something like Facebook's Portal, so that it could be also placed in bigger rooms, where it could follow the speaker.

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Following the speaker is a really cool feature, and is something we might get to at some point.

Sidekick is built to be always-on so teammates can feel like they're in the same room. Many teams we spoke to have tried doing it with Zoom or Jitsi, but they all decay because it's really hard to get people in the room, at the same time. Sidekick's features try to maximize the chances that you're not in the room alone.

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