Cisco Headsets 900 Series
January 05, 2024

Cisco Headsets 900 Series

Ahmed Attieh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review

Software Version

Cisco Headset 900 Series

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Headsets

For a long time Cisco Headsets were not good enough for our users having to go over 5h + of meetings using them and how comfortable they are. Also, the build quality was not the best, however with the new 900 lineup the quality of the products is much better than before along with more ease of use.
  • 900 hardware quality
  • Ease of use
  • 900 series rich with features competing with other Headset brands
  • Bulk update software when use in personal mode
  • Price is too high
  • Users love the high quality and having a Cisco B&O headsets
  • Some users started having meetings on their desk instead of meeting rooms when they got the 980 Cisco Headsets
The Cisco Headsets are pure end-user products, so it's a must to have ease of use and setup. At the end of the day, an admin cannot setup each Headset they do handover. Having easy to use products helps the user adoption cycle for new technology and products.
I am able to have meetings in any public place with no issues or worrying about surrounding noise, also NC feature helps improve the user experience when joining any kind of online meetings. Using the 980 for music also did help much to have one set of Headset for both music, movies and meetings.
We did somehow on the end user level, but I would prefer to have a centralized managment for all headsets even when being setup in personal mode, as some users are not much into downloading new apps into the phone or even if they did, they wouldn't be able to set all the right settings in place and most offten is they are using it only with the PC or video device they would miss updating the the software as in this case it's only when connecting it to the phone.
Before the 900 series, the options for us were Plantronics UC series or sometime Jabra, however with the 980 Cisco Headsets we did switch to have all in one unified ecosystem as we do use Webex app, meetings and devices. With the 900 series they do stand out in the competition in all ways except the price and some messing features.

Do you think Cisco Headsets delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Cisco Headsets's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Headsets live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Headsets go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Headsets again?

Yes

The 980 where amazing for office and home office uses, but they are bulky for traveling being in the bag or even having them on the train, but with the 950 this is being fixed by having such a compact size. NC on the 980 is amazing, still haven't tried the 950 but I hope it's the same as the 980 if not, we shall bring it up to this level.