Bria 4 is a carrier-grade SIP softphone client that enables you to manage your communications easily from your Mac or Windows laptop. Bria 4 can replace or complement your desk phone, allowing you to make voice and video calls over IP, see if your contacts are available, send messages, and share your screen.

Built on SIP and open standards, Bria is proven interoperable 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 via the softphone Graphical User Interface (GUI) or by using the provisioning module of CounterPath's Stretto Platform™.

Standard Features

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 five languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.

Voice and Video Calling

• Make HD voice and conference calls using SILK HD and Opus voice codecs (among many others)

• View, send and receive high-definition HD video (1280 x 720p) 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

• Set 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

Presence

• Set your presence status so contacts 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 hardware device manufacturers such as Plantronics, Jabra, Sennheiser and others. For a list of all supported devices please visit: www.counterpath.com/interoperable-products.html

Security and Network Traversal

• Advanced security with signaling and media encryption via TLS and SRTP

• Firewall traversal and compliance with the latest standards (ICE, STUN, & TURN)

Enterprise Features

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

• LDAP/Active Directory integration

• Flexible login options

• Enhanced installer options

• Auto answer and “Do Not Disturb” functions

• Improved security options with SRTP media encryption

• Workgroup capabilities - Bridge Line Appearance (BLA) (Windows only)

• Company Chat Rooms – for online conferences and meetings

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, like CounterPath’s provisioning module of the Stretto Platform™. Please refer to the Resources tab for more information.