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Google Beam Ships to Five New Countries With 18 Partners
Google is expanding its Beam 3D video communication platform beyond the United States to Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan. The company is also partnering with Industrious to offer Beam trials at selected U.S. workspaces
AI.info Team ·
Google is shipping its Beam video communication system to customers in five countries beyond the United States, extending availability to Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan. The company announced the rollout on September 23, along with a network of 18 channel partners and a plan to make Beam available through selected Industrious workspaces in the United States.
Beam is delivered through HP Dimension with Google Beam, a system designed to make remote participants appear at life size through a light-field display. Google says the hardware works with both Google Meet and Zoom, allowing organizations to use it for meetings, interviews and other workplace conversations. The expansion marks the company's move from early deployments toward a broader commercial distribution model.
“We’re expanding Google Beam to five new countries, partnering with Industrious for an extended network, and proving our impact at Google and beyond,” Google writes in the announcement.
Beam moves from a U.S. launch to six-country shipping
Google says Beam units are now shipping across six countries in total: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan. Eighteen audiovisual integrators and distributors will support deployment and customer service for the rollout, giving the company a larger sales and installation network than the early program relied on.
The expansion centers on HP Dimension with Google Beam, which combines HP hardware with Google's video technology. Google describes Beam as a system that uses specialized hardware to make video calls feel more like face-to-face conversations, rather than placing remote participants inside conventional small video tiles.
Google reports stronger connection in an eight-week study
Google's internal testing provides the main evidence behind the commercial push. In an eight-week study, teams using Beam reported feeling 50% more connected to one another, found it 33% easier to ensure feedback was clearly understood, and recorded a 21% drop in the need for follow-up meetings.
The company says those results align with the workplace uses it has tested, including recruiting, talent development and collaboration between teams. Google does not identify the number of employees in the study or publish a comparison group in the announcement, so the figures describe Google's internal testing rather than an independently validated evaluation.
Google also points to an earlier trial with Bain and Company focused on campus recruiting and candidate interviews. The company says Beam helped Bain create face-to-face meetings with candidates without requiring extensive travel. Netflix and Capital Group are among the other first customers Google names in connection with the rollout.
Industrious will put Beam inside shared workspaces
Google is widening access through a partnership with Industrious, the flexible-workspace operator. The two companies ran a pilot earlier in 2026 involving manager check-ins, interviews and client consultations for distributed teams.
Beginning in October, organizations will be able to book HP Dimension with Google Beam at selected Industrious locations in Atlanta, Chicago, New York City and Palo Alto. The arrangement gives startups and smaller companies a way to try the system without installing a unit in their own offices.
That access model also tests whether Beam can attract demand beyond large enterprises with the budget and space for dedicated hardware. Google's announcement does not disclose pricing, the number of units involved, or the timetable for adding more Industrious locations.
Beam's commercial test now extends beyond Google's offices
Google introduced Beam as the successor to Project Starline, its research effort in three-dimensional video communication. The latest announcement shifts attention away from the technology demonstration and toward distribution, customer evidence and shared access.
The immediate measure of the rollout will be whether customers use Beam often enough to justify specialized rooms and displays. For now, Google has confirmed shipping in six countries, support from 18 partners, and four initial Industrious locations in the United States.