MetriNote – Crestron Delivers New Video Room Controllers and Touch Pads

Author: Irwin Lazar, President and Principal Analyst What's the news? January 20, 2026 – Crestron announced two new products for video meeting rooms. The first, Collab Compute, is a room controller running Windows OS that provides support for Microsoft Teams Rooms or Zoom Room configurations.  The controller allows organizations to custom configure rooms with appropriate cameras, control panels, microphones, and screens; all connected to the Collab Compute device. Collab Compute is available in two models, the 110 featuring a 14-core processor and 4 AI performance cores with a list price of $1,920, and the 120 featuring 16 cores and 6 AI cores with a list price of $2,760. The second announcement is the 80 Series Touch Screen for room control and room scheduling. The device runs Microsoft Device Ecosystems Platform (MDEP) to support Microsoft control and security features. The 80 Series Touch Screen will be available in Q2-2026 (pricing not disclosed). Both the Collab Compute and 80 Series Touch Screen are manageable by Crestron’s XiO Cloud provisioning, monitoring, and management platform.