Overview
Thoughtfully designed, Bria 5 leverages over 10 years of softphone experience in improving productivity for our customers.
Stay in your tool of choice and still have access to the power of Bria.
Feel like you are in the same room regardless of where you are.
Really. Have a one to one over video.
Get a productivity boost with new features.
Bria 5 introduces Office integration allowing you to make voice and video calls over IP, see if your contacts are available and send messages all within Outlook.*
1080p Video. The new standard for softphone video.
With the rising popularity of videos for meetings, conferences and seamless collaboration, a new level of softphone expectations is being set by Bria – 1080p using H.264 and VP8 codecs for crisper and clearer images.
Streamlined User Experience. It’s a whole new start to a world of collaboration.
Built on SIP and open standards, Bria has proven interoperability with many of the industry's standard platforms and devices. It also includes features specifically designed for business and enterprise users and can be deployed within an enterprise environment either by manual configuration or by using the Provisioning Module of CounterPath's Stretto Platform™.
*Currently available on Windows.
Standard Features1
Bria for Windows is available in the following ten languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Chinese, Dutch, Japanese and Russian.
Bria for Mac is available in six languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, German and Japanese.
Voice and Video Calling
Make HD voice and conference calls using G.722, SILK HD and Opus VBR (variable bit rate) voice codecs (among many others)
View, send and receive ultra high-definition HD video up to 1080p using H.264 and VP8 codecs
Detachable, full screen video window
Standard telephony features include single click to call, speakerphone, mute and ability to transfer, 3 way calls, forward and hold calls
Set display and sound alerts for incoming calls
Hide your ID for calls
Employ "Do Not Disturb" function for audio and video calls
Missed calls indicator
Support for voicemail with Message Waiting Indicator (MWI)
Instant Messaging (IM)
SIP SIMPLE and XMPP support
Send instant messages to from your contact list when you see they are online
Start a single or group chat from the Messages window
Control Pop-up notification and sound alerts for incoming IMs
Employ "Do Not Disturb" function for blocking incoming Instant Messages
Company chat rooms of persistent meeting rooms that users can join or be added to
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Presence
Set your presence status so team members know how and when to get a hold of you best
Receive or block notification alerts for contacts' presence status updates
Establish unique privacy rules for your presence status for individual contacts
Enhanced Contact Management
Manage, sort and filter up to 3,000 contacts with support for contact avatars
Synchronize your contacts with Microsoft Outlook® personal address book (Windows only) or Mac Address Book (Mac only)
Create groups for contacts with the ability to place one contact in several groups
Set a default contact method for each contact
Add a contact during a call
Optimized Interface
Focused around your address book, Bria's contact-centric interface gives you more ways to make, receive and manage your calls and IMs
Navigate contacts, favorites, call history and dial pad with just a click of your mouse
Scale Bria to different sizes to maximize space on your desktop
Advanced Interoperability and Configuration
Open standards based
Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based signaling for all interactive media sessions
Multiple account integration including local or company directories (LDAP/Active Directory), Microsoft Outlook®, and XMPP (up to 10 accounts)
High compression codec support
Zero Touch Configuration of your audio or video devices
Support leading USB and Bluetooth device manufacturers such as Plantronics, Jabra, Sennheiser and Logitech. For a list of all supported devices please visit: www.counterpath.com/interoperable-products.html
Security and Network Traversal
Secure communications across voice, video and messaging
Over the last decade, CounterPath has earned the trust of Fortune 500, Governments, Health providers and small businesses alike to help in securing their calls and protecting their server info regardless of device, network or location
Advanced security with signaling and media encryption via TLS and SRTP
Firewall traversal and compliance with the latest standards (ICE, STUN, & TURN)
Secure connection to provisioning, messaging/presence servers
Enterprise Features
Bria also includes features specifically designed for business and enterprise users, including:
LDAP/Active Directory integration
Auto answer and “Do Not Disturb” functions
Workgroup capabilities - Bridge Line Appearance (BLA) (Windows only)
Company Chat Rooms – for online conferences and meetings
Branding and technical customization can be implemented based on a customer’s unique requirements
1Note that some features are dependent on the call server platform or hosted service support.
