HP/Poly/OBi Device Status as of July 2024 (2024)

FAQs

What is happening to OBiTALK? ›

The OBiTALK Consumer Portal will be officially shutting down access on October 31st, 2024.

OBiTALK. August 20th, 2024 *** Important notice to OBiTALK customers*** The OBiTALK service has reached it's End of Life period and will be decommissioned as of October 31st, 2024.

In December 2021 came an end-of-life announcement for OBiTALK, which meant that Poly stopped selling the Obi200, Obi202 and OBI212, and stated that engineering and service support would end on December 18, 2023.

What is OBiTALK? OBiTALK is a web portal and OBi configuration utility which helps OBi users configure devices and access applications. OBiTALK is also where users set-up a Circle of Trust which provides a means to network individuals so that calls can be made as inexpensively as possible.

No downtime recorded on this day.

OBi200, OBi202 and OBi212 devices registered prior to the End of Engineering Support date won't be able to be provisioned via OBiTALK after the December 18, 2023 and can only be managed and provisioned locally (manually)."

VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a form of modern phone system which leverages an internet connection to power interactions rather than relying on traditional landlines.

Step 1: Remove the OBi From the OBiTALK Web Portal

Sign in to www.obitalk.com and select the device you are going to reset from the OBi Dashboard. 2. Select the "Delete Device" button located on the right side of the screen. You will be prompted to confirm.

Polycom OBi200 VoIP Phone Adapter

With an OBi device and your existing broadband Internet connection, from the comfort of your home phone, you have the power to make and receive phone calls using a multitude of VoIP services for free or at a fraction of the cost a traditional telco would charge.

What is the difference between Obihai 200 and 202? ›

The OBi200 has 1-phone port, a USB port (for OBiWiFi, OBiBT, OBiLINE accessories). The OBi202 is about double the size of the OBi200 and has 2-phone ports, a USB port (for OBiWiFi, OBiBT, OBiLINE accessories) as well as a 2-port router.

It sounds like that article was addressing a change for people who were using free consumer Google Voice numbers on old, "G-Suite" accounts. That option was discontinued. It only applies to business users, who now, in most cases, need to pay for the service. Consumer Google Voice isn't going anywhere.

Obihai was sold to Polycom in 2018, with Poly and Plantronics sold to HP in 2022. Most items in the former Obihai product line have been either rebranded as Poly or discontinued. sold to Polycom, with Poly then sold to HP.

How it works. With the momentary touch of a customizable switch, Obi allows users to select between four compartments of food and command when the food is captured and delivered to the mouth. Obi is controlled by any part of the body that can activate a switch.

Don't freak out – Google Voice for personal accounts isn't going anywhere, and today's news only applies to users who have a personal Google Account. The web app is undergoing some major changes and modernizations. Starting in February, Google will be deprecating the “Legacy” version in favor of its new UI and tools.

In January 2018, Polycom acquired Obihai.

Google Voice works using VoIP technology to let you make and receive both calls and texts via an internet connection. All it needs to support calling is a speaker and a microphone — that includes your cell phone, computer, or tablet.