About Around
Around is a video meeting tool designed to reduce meeting fatigue with floating bubble-style video, AI noise cancellation, auto-leveling audio, and meeting recaps. It focuses on making meetings shorter, calmer, and more productive — now part of Miro.
Key Features
- Floating bubble video avatars
- AI noise cancellation
- Auto-leveling audio
- Meeting recaps and transcripts
- Screen sharing with annotations
- Emoji reactions
- Calendar integration
- Minimal UI to reduce fatigue
Pros
- Significantly reduces Zoom fatigue with minimal UI
- Excellent AI noise cancellation
- Floating bubbles take less screen space
- Free to use (acquired by Miro)
Cons
- Fewer features than Zoom or Teams
- Less well-known — participants may need onboarding
- Future uncertain as it integrates into Miro
Integrations
Google CalendarOutlookSlackMiro
Best Use Cases
- Quick team syncs without meeting fatigue
- Pair programming sessions
- Design review meetings
- Daily standups
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Quick Info
- Website
- www.around.co
- Founded
- 2020
- Company
- Acquired by Miro
- Pricing
- free
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