Video Conferencing & Meeting Rooms
Would You Put a Giant Android Tablet in Your Corporate Boardroom? You Already Might Have.
Quite possibly. Many boardroom video systems run Android. Microsoft's certified Teams Rooms on Android list includes the Yealink MeetingBoard Pro, Logitech Rally Board 65 and Neat Board Pro, all on Android 13, and Yealink's MeetingBar A-series video bars are Android devices too. All of these are price on request at SourceIT. They are not giant tablets, though. A certified room device runs a locked-down Android build without the Play Store, while an education-style EDLA board such as the LG CreateBoard 65TR3DQ (S$2,587.50, listed 31 Oct 2026) is much closer to a tablet. Not every board is Android, either: the Samsung Flip Pro WM75B (S$4,875) runs Samsung's Tizen. For a boardroom, the useful question is not "is it Android?" but which kind of Android device it is, and who is responsible for keeping it updated.
How does a boardroom display differ from a tablet?
| Factor | Consumer Android tablet | EDLA interactive display | Certified Teams Rooms on Android board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software | Google Play and Google apps | Google Play and Google apps under EDLA licence | Modified AOSP build, no Google Play by design, kiosk mode |
| Published update commitment | Samsung Galaxy Tab S10: 7 Android versions and 7 years of security updates | No year count published by the vendors we checked | Microsoft certification end date by Android version: Android 13 devices to 15 Aug 2028, Microsoft support to 15 Aug 2030 |
| Rated running hours | Not published as a duty rating | LG TR3DQ 16 hours a day, 7 days; Avocor E50 16/7; Samsung WAD 12/7 | Not stated as a duty rating in Microsoft's documents |
| Touch | Personal-size touchscreen | Infrared or PCAP overlays, typically 40 to 50 touch points | Large touch panel plus cameras and microphones |
| Management | Android Enterprise MDM | Vendor tools and Android Enterprise | Teams admin center and Pro Management; Intune with a Teams Rooms Pro licence |
| Adding compute | No | Often an OPS slot for a Windows module | Some boards take a Windows module, such as Yealink's MCore OPS |
From SamMobile (9 Oct 2024), LG, Avocor and Samsung product pages, and Microsoft Learn: "Android versions supported on Teams devices" and "Teams Rooms security" (5 Aug 2026). Figures are manufacturers' own.
Why is a boardroom different from a classroom?
Because of what the room hears and sees. A boardroom display usually has a camera, a microphone array and a wireless sharing service, and it sits where results, deals and personnel matters are discussed. That raises the bar on three things:
- Locked-down software. Microsoft's certified Android devices run in kiosk mode with ADB disabled on release software and must support encryption. An EDLA board that anyone can install apps on is more flexible, and that flexibility is a risk in a boardroom.
- The sharing service. In September 2026, CERT/CC advisory VU#234131 described unauthenticated flaws in one vendor's board-sharing service that allowed screen capture over the network. Our post Is Your Interactive Display Secretly a Cybersecurity Risk? covers what to check.
- What stays on the board. Whiteboards, downloaded files and signed-in accounts can outlast the meeting. See Can You Really Trust Android Interactive Displays With Confidential Company Data?
A boardroom display is a computer with a camera that never leaves the room. Buy and manage it like one.
Is the tablet comparison fair?
Partly. Some of the chips inside interactive displays come from the TV and set-top-box world. Avocor's S10E series, for example, uses an Amlogic T982, a quad-core chip designed for 8K televisions. And in one way a good tablet is ahead: Samsung publishes seven years of security updates for the Galaxy Tab S10, while no interactive display vendor we checked publishes a year count at all. The bigger argument about boards becoming tablets is in Are Interactive Displays Becoming Giant Expensive Tablets?
Where the comparison fails is the hardware around the chip. Commercial boards are rated for long daily use, have touch layers built for several people at once, take wall mounts and stands, and often add an OPS slot so a Windows computer can be fitted later. Running a consumer screen all day is a different matter, as Would You Leave Your Home TV Running 16 Hours a Day? explains.
What should a boardroom buy?
- For Teams meetings, a certified Teams Rooms device: an Android board such as the Yealink MeetingBoard Pro or Logitech Rally Board 65, or a Windows-based system if you need Windows-only features. Check the certification end date for the exact model. See Microsoft Teams on Android Smart Boards.
- For presenting and whiteboarding without built-in video, an EDLA board or Samsung Flip, locked down through the vendor's management tool, with the camera and microphones handled by a certified video bar.
- Either way, put the display on its own network segment, change default passwords and plan firmware updates. Yealink MeetingBoard Pro: Is This the Ultimate Microsoft Teams Meeting Room Upgrade? walks through one certified board in detail.
Buying in Singapore
SourceIT supplies boardroom and meeting-room displays including the Samsung Flip Pro WM75B (Tizen, S$4,875), LG CreateBoard 65TR3DQ (S$2,587.50) and Avocor E50 AVE-6550 (S$3,728.05), listed 31 Oct 2026. Certified Teams Rooms on Android devices are price on request: the Yealink MeetingBoard 65 Pro, the Logitech Rally Board 65, the Neat Board Pro 65 and the Yealink MeetingBar A40 video bar. Browse Teams Room Solutions and Smart Interactive Displays. For a quotation, use Request for Quotation on the product page, call (65) 6978 3502, email Sales@sourceit.com.sg or use our contact page.
Frequently asked questions
Do boardroom video systems run Android? Many do. Microsoft's certified Teams Rooms on Android list includes the Yealink MeetingBoard Pro, Logitech Rally Board 65 and Neat Board Pro, all on Android 13.
Is a certified Teams Rooms on Android board the same as a tablet? No. It runs a modified Android build without the Google Play Store, in kiosk mode, with firmware certified by Microsoft and delivered through the Teams admin tools.
Does the Samsung Flip run Android? No. Samsung's Flip range runs Tizen. Samsung's Android boards are the WA education models.
How long are Android Teams Rooms devices supported? Microsoft ties certification to the Android version. Android 13 devices are certified until 15 August 2028, with Microsoft support for two years after that.
Can I use a consumer tablet as a meeting-room display? It can share content, but it is not rated for all-day use, has no room-scale touch or meeting-room camera and microphone array, and is not a certified Teams Rooms device.
