--- title: "Polaris Wireless Screen Sharing Hardware | Mersive" canonical: https://www.mersive.com/products/family description: "Compare Polaris tiers: Pro, Essentials and Launch. One software platform sized to every room and budget, with subscription or perpetual licensing." language: en-US publisher: Mersive Technologies --- # One platform. Choose your power. Right-sized hardware for every room, one platform underneath. Every tier is a full Polaris citizen: web-join, workspace, cloud managed. ## The three Polaris tiers ### Launch Share-first · one-time purchaseShipping Q1 2027 ### Essentials The workspace for every room ### Pro BYOM + enterprise networks Buy the tier your rooms need today. Every Polaris runs the same platform, and most upgrades are a license change. Where a higher tier needs more connectivity (dual networks, HDMI input, dual displays), your partner swaps the pod and the license moves with you. ## The Polaris family at a glance ### Launch Shipping Q1 2027 Share-first hardware at entry price: one-time purchase. [Details →](https://www.mersive.com/launch) ### Polaris Essentials The workspace for every room. Annual subscription · warranty included. [Details →](https://www.mersive.com/essentials) ### Polaris Pro Continues Mersive Solstice Gen 3. BYOM, dual-network, enterprise depth. [Details →](https://www.mersive.com/pro) ### Hybrid meetings HOST SHIPS Q4 2026 Bring the room's camera and microphone into your laptop's call with Polaris Link on Pro. Explore Polaris Host for the planned next step: the room runs the meeting. [The hybrid family →](https://www.mersive.com/hybrid) ****Wireless Screen Sharing** 4 rows *▾*** | Capability | Launch Shipping Q1 2027 | Essentials | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Wireless share + web-join (no install) | – | ✓ | ✓ | | Simultaneous shares in the workspace | – | ~5 | ~10 | | Native local protocols · AirPlay, Miracast, Google Cast | – | ✓ | ✓ | | Compatible with the Polaris iOS and Android mobile apps | – | ✓ | ✓ | ****Video conferencing / hybrid meetings (BYOD, BYOM, BY)** 3 rows *▾*** | Capability | Launch Shipping Q1 2027 | Essentials | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | BYOD · share from the device you walked in with | – | ✓ | ✓ | | Polaris Link (BYOM) Ships September 2026 | – | — | ✓ | | Polaris Host (BY) Ships Q4 2026 | – | ✓ | ✓ | ****Network & scale** 3 rows *▾*** | Capability | Launch Shipping Q1 2027 | Essentials | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cross-network sharing (no VPN) | – | ✓ | ✓ | | 802.1X network authentication | – | ✓ EAP-TLS / PEAP / TTLS, wired + Wi-Fi; device identity keys sealed to the secure element | ✓ EAP-TLS / PEAP / TTLS, wired + Wi-Fi; device identity keys sealed to the secure element | | Polaris Cloud management | – | ✓ | ✓ | Plain language: 802.1x means the network itself demands the device prove who it is before granting a port; EAP-TLS is the strongest way to prove it, with a certificate instead of a password. Dual-network posture means the device sits on two networks at once, corporate wired and guest wireless, kept isolated, so guests share without ever touching the corporate LAN. ****Lifecycle** 2 rows *▾*** | Capability | Launch Shipping Q1 2027 | Essentials | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Subscription incl. warranty & updates | – | ✓ | ✓ | | Designed 10+ year platform lifecycle | – | ✓ | ✓ | ****Silicon & compute** 4 rows *▾*** | Capability | Launch Shipping Q1 2027 | Essentials | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | SoC class | – | MediaTek MT8370 (Genio 510): ARM SoC with Mali GPU and APU (MediaTek's name for its NPU) · NPU 3.2 TOPS (INT8) in the MediaTek documentation, 6.4 TOPS at minimum precision (INT4), the convention MediaTek uses for its current Genio series | MediaTek MT8395 (Genio 1200): ARM SoC with Mali GPU and on-die APU · NPU 4.8 TOPS (INT8) in the MediaTek documentation, 9.6 TOPS at minimum precision (INT4), the convention MediaTek uses for its current Genio series | | RAM · storage | – | 4 GB LPDDR4 · 32 GB eMMC, 19 GB available for storage | 16 GB LPDDR4 · 32 GB flash, 19 GB available for storage | | Real-time encode (BYOM bridging) | – | — | ✓ | | On-device NPU | – | ✓ 3.2 TOPS INT8, 6.4 at minimum precision (INT4) | ✓ 4.8 TOPS INT8, 9.6 at minimum precision (INT4) | ****I/O** 3 rows *▾*** | Capability | Launch Shipping Q1 2027 | Essentials | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | HDMI out | – | 1× HDMI 2.0 out, 4K (4096 × 2160) at 30 Hz, CEC | 2× HDMI 2.0 out, dual 4K (3840 × 2160) at 60 Hz; CEC | | HDMI in (wired ingest / augmentation) | – | — | 1× HDMI 2.0 in, HDCP 2.0 | | Ethernet | – | 1× GbE (12V barrel power) | 1× GbE with PoE+ (802.3at) | ****Commercial** 1 rows *▾*** | Capability | Launch Shipping Q1 2027 | Essentials | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Model | – | Subscription (3 or 5-year) or Perpetual | Subscription (3 or 5-year) or Perpetual | Hardware that does not vary by tier — the 10-year platform lifecycle, the invariants it holds constant, and the current silicon — is documented once, on [the Pro spec sheet](https://www.mersive.com/pro/spec#platform-lifecycle). Fungibility is **within** a tier: Pro and Essentials are not interchangeable, and the rows above are why. **Replacing an existing system?** Rip and Replace gives you credit toward Polaris Pro or Polaris Essentials when you replace your existing collaboration system. That includes systems from other vendors and Mersive Solstice. Mersive sales determines the credit for each project. [Explore Rip and Replace →](https://www.mersive.com/products/transition#rip-and-replace) ### Route (Active Learning) SHIPS Q1 2027 The teaching layer for education: student screen routing and moderation. Packs onto Essentials or Pro. Not orderable until Q1 2027. Explore → ### Engage SHIPS Q1 2027 Polling, quizzing and participation records, answered from any browser. Not orderable until Q1 2027. Explore → ### Hybrid additions HOST SHIPS Q4 2026 **Link** (the pod hosts the call) extends a **Pro** fleet. Link is a software bridge between the laptop in BYOM and the pod, and the pod is what controls the room’s cameras and peripherals — which is the Pro. **Host** (the room hosts the whole meeting) extends **either** tier, because Host can carry the peripherals itself: on Pro they connect directly to the pod and the cables stay at the front of the room; on Essentials they cable to the Host, which pairs with the Essentials unit, and that means a cable to the table. Larger rooms will usually want a Pro for exactly that reason. [The hybrid family →](https://www.mersive.com/hybrid) ### Not sure? Four questions route you to the right tier, the same triage our sales engineers run. [Which Polaris is right? →](https://www.mersive.com/products/selector) ### Comparing vendors? Pick any competitor (or all of them) and read the matrix row by row. [The compare hub →](https://www.mersive.com/compare/hub)