Feature Overview

Bria 3 is available for Windows and Mac. The Windows version is available in 10 languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Chinese, Dutch, Japanese and Russian.

New to Bria 3.1 Upgrade

• Deskphone mode for using Bria to control basic functions of a deskphone
• Short Message Service (SMS) support (for custom builds), providing additional messaging capabilities
• User-configurable favorites lists, which provide quick and easy access to preferred methods of communication
• User-configurable keyboard shortcuts for quickly accessing Bria functions (Windows only)
• Additional call-management options, including call hold collapse and streamlined steps for common tasks such as conferencing and transferring
• Bandwidth-saving features, including the ability to select from three levels of performance and codecs depending on a PC’s capability to display video
• Improved USB HID support (more devices)
• Embedded Web module support
• Additional languages: Chinese, Dutch, Japanese and Russian (Windows only)

Standard Features

Interoperability and configuration

• Open Standards based
• Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based signaling for all interactive media sessions
• Performance Management of the SIP end-point
• High Compression codec support
• Zero-Touch Configuration of your audio or video devices
• Support for plug-and-play HID-compliant devices with the option to personalize buttons to control Bria (Windows only)

Interface

• Focused around your address book, Bria's contact-centric interface gives you more ways to make, receive and manage your calls and IMs
• Make your desktop space more manageable by rearranging the layout, and resizing and viewing different components of the phone

Call Management

• Communicate more efficiently with a contact-centric user interface
• Hide the dial pad when you don't need it
• Make voice and video conference calls
• Record voice and video calls
• Employ Do Not Disturb function audio/video calls and/or IM and/or availability status
• Detach call tabs
• Hide your ID for calls
• See incoming call alerts
• Enjoy enhanced Quality of Service (QoS) for voice and video calls

Contact Management

• Add a contact during a call
• View combined history for calls and IM attached to contact details
• Use default contact method for each contact
• Place one contact in several groups
• View avatars for individual contacts
• Synchronize your contacts with Microsoft Outlook® personal address book (Windows only); Supports Mac Address Book (Mac only)
• Manage, sort and filter up to 3,000 contacts

Instant Message (IM) Management

• Send instant messages to groups
• Use IM tabs for multiple IM conversations in one window
• See IM alerts for incoming IM
• Invite and chat with multiple people in one IM (Group Chat via XMPP)
• Save, view and search previous instant messages in an IM archive
• Click to see recent IMs

Presence

• Receive or block notification alerts for contacts' status
• Establish unique privacy rules for each contact
• Select a contact or group of contacts and be notified when their phone and presence status changes

Security

• Security offering signaling & media encryption via TLS and SRTP
• Firewall traversal and compliance with the latest standards (ICE, STUN, & TURN)

Enterprise Features

Bria now also includes features specifically designed for business and enterprise users, including:

• LDAP/Active Directory integration
• DHCP discovery (Provisioning Server)
• Flexible login options
• Enhanced installer options
• Auto Answer
• Improved security options with SRTP media encryption
• Workgroup capabilities - Busy Lamp Field (BLF) and Bridge Line Appearance (BLA)

Bria can be deployed within an enterprise environment either by manual configuration via the softphone Graphical User Interface (GUI) or by using a provisioning server.