Poly Trio 8500Still works. Still supported.

Why we still support the Trio 8500.

The Trio 8500 is what Poly replaced the SoundStation IP 5000 / 6000 with — a modern touch-interface conference phone built around a 5-inch color touchscreen and the same iconic triangular chassis with three corner-mounted speakers. Twelve-foot microphone pickup, full-duplex audio, USB and Bluetooth pairing so anyone in the room can route their laptop's audio through the conference phone.

It's the right pick for huddle rooms, small conference rooms, and any space where you'd previously have used a SoundStation IP 5000 or IP 6000. For larger rooms (10+ people) where you need expansion microphones, the Trio 8800 is the bigger sibling.

Where it isn't the right phone: for boardrooms with twelve-plus people around a long table, the 8500 can't accept satellite expansion microphones — you need the Trio 8800. For purely-personal video conferencing the Studio P5 or Studio P15 are video bars, not conference phones. The Trio line is the SIP-first conference phone choice.