Officially authorized Sony STARVIS 2 imaging, a factory-style install in about four minutes, and no cables running down the windshield. Now available in North America.

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AKEEYO Global today announced the XPRO, a vehicle-specific 4K dash cam engineered exclusively for the Toyota RAV4. XPRO replaces the original plastic housing behind the rearview mirror and draws power from a connection point already located near the mirror, so there is no suction mount, no cable taped down the windshield, and no visible hardware on the dashboard.

The RAV4 is one of the highest-volume vehicles on North American roads, and its owners have long faced the same compromise. Universal dash cams record well but hang off the glass. Vehicle-specific models look clean but often fall short on imaging, connectivity, or long-term durability. XPRO was built to close that gap.

Imaging that AKEEYO can document, not just claim

XPRO records true 4K at 25fps through a Sony STARVIS 2 IMX678 sensor paired with an F1.08 large aperture and HDR. AKEEYO sources the sensor through authorized supply channels and holds written confirmation from Sony verifying its use, a level of documentation that is uncommon in a category where sensor names are frequently listed without evidence.

The practical result shows up after dark. Tunnels, unlit residential streets, oncoming headlights, and the high-contrast moment when a car exits a parking structure into daylight are exactly the conditions that flatten most footage into an unusable blur. The combination of a larger aperture, 4K resolution, and HDR is intended to keep plate characters, lane markings, and vehicle detail legible when a clip actually needs to be reviewed.

A four-minute install with nothing left behind

Installation requires no drilling, cutting, wire splicing, or fuse-box work for standard driving recording. Owners remove the original mirror cover with the included trim tool, plug in the supplied adapter, tuck the cable inside the XPRO housing, and press the unit into the factory mounting position. Start the vehicle and XPRO begins recording automatically.

The install is fully reversible. XPRO can be removed and the original mirror housing reinstalled at any time, which matters for leased vehicles and for resale.

XPRO ships in two housing designs to match RAV4 production variations. The version without vent openings fits select 2019 to 2024 RAV4 models and the 2022 RAV4 Prime. The version with vent openings fits select 2022 to 2025 models. Because mirror housings vary by model year, trim, and market, AKEEYO asks buyers to match the reference images rather than rely on model year alone, and offers a free fit-check by email for anyone unsure.

Built for a car that sits in the sun

A parked cabin in Phoenix or Dallas can reach temperatures that destroy conventional lithium batteries. XPRO uses an automotive-grade supercapacitor instead, backed by a six-layer ENIG circuit board with gold-finished contacts that resist oxidation and corrosion. The camera is rated for operation from minus 4°F to 158°F.

Evidence retrieval without pulling the card

Loop recording keeps coverage continuous, and a three-level G-sensor locks the current clip when an impact is detected so it survives overwriting. Voice commands let drivers photograph or lock a clip without reaching for the camera, and spoken alerts confirm recording, Wi-Fi, audio, and storage status.

Dual-band Wi-Fi on 2.4GHz and 5GHz connects XPRO to the AKEEYO app for live preview, playback, and downloads of up to 20MB/s under suitable conditions. Drivers can save the clip they need directly to a phone at the roadside without removing the microSD card.

Optional GPS and parking protection

The optional GPS Module records route, speed, direction, location, and time alongside footage, with synchronized video and map playback in the AKEEYO app or the desktop player. For coverage after the engine is off, an optional ACC Hardwire Kit or OBD Power Cable enables time-lapse parking monitoring with impact protection and low-voltage cutoff to help protect the vehicle battery.

Pricing and availability

XPRO for Toyota RAV4 is available now at akeeyo.com, priced at $289 USD. The package includes the XPRO camera, the compatible mirror power adapter, an installation trim tool, a 64GB microSD card, and documentation. Storage is supported up to 256GB. XPRO is a front-facing single-channel camera and does not include a rear camera. Every unit is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee and an 18-month replacement warranty.

Launch offer: use code XPRO25 at checkout for 25% off the XPRO camera and 25% off all XPRO accessories, including the GPS Module, ACC Hardwire Kit, and OBD Power Cable.

Product page: https://www.akeeyo.com/products/xpro-rav4

About AKEEYO

AKEEYO Global develops recording and safety hardware for cars, motorcycles, and bicycles, including the AKY-V360S mirror dash cam, the NV-X2 night vision system, and the AKY-730Pro two-wheeler camera. The company designs its products around genuine, documented imaging components and automotive-grade construction, and supports customers worldwide through its global service network.

AKEEYO Global: https://www.akeeyo.com/

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Veteran HR technology founder and people executive joins Relate’s founding team to help scale its mission to transform everyday conversations into opportunities for development, stronger relationships, and better performance.

LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Relate, the AI relationship intelligence platform helping people and organizations understand and improve how they communicate, today announced that Kristy McCann Flynn has joined the company as Co-Founder.

The announcement marks the next stage of Relate’s growth as the company expands its platform, customer base, and vision for using AI to make meaningful development part of the conversations people are already having every day.

McCann Flynn is a longtime HR technology founder, operator, investor, and people leader who has spent more than 25 years at the intersection of people, culture, and technology. She previously co-founded and served as CEO of SkillCycle, where she raised more than $15 million and helped scale the company through rapid growth with Inc 5000 growth recognition over multiple years. Her career also includes senior HR and transformation roles across organizations including Pearson, Constant Contact, MoneyLion, Richemont, and Western Asset Management.

As Co-Founder, McCann Flynn will work alongside Relate’s existing founding team to accelerate customer growth, strategic partnerships, fundraising, product strategy, and market expansion, while bringing the voice of HR leaders and enterprise buyers directly into the company’s roadmap.

“Relate has everything I look for in a company: the people, the potential, the product, the passion, and a genuinely huge problem worth solving,” said McCann Flynn. “Every day, conversations shape relationships with customers, prospects, employees, and managers. Relate has the opportunity to turn those moments into continuous development and stronger relationships at scale. I’m incredibly excited to join this team as a co-founder and help build what comes next.”

McCann Flynn’s appointment comes during a period of growing momentum for Relate. The company was recently recognized by G2 as a Best New Software Product for 2026 and continues to expand its technology and reach. Most recently, Relate introduced Vocal Intelligence, extending its analysis beyond transcripts to include factors such as tone, energy, pace, humor, and conversational dynamics.

“Kristy has a powerful combination of founder, operator, buyer and evangelist experience,” said Tom Keenan, Co-Founder of Relate. “She understands what it takes to build a company, but she also understands what it takes for new technology to earn trust inside an organization. That’s incredibly important for where Relate is going.”

About Relate

Relate is an AI relationship intelligence platform built to help people become better at the conversations that matter. Grounded in decades of trust research, Relate combines conversational AI and Vocal Intelligence to analyze both what is said and how it is communicated, giving individuals personalized coaching while helping leaders understand communication patterns, development opportunities, and relationship health across their teams.

Unlike traditional AI meeting tools focused primarily on notes and summaries, Relate turns everyday conversations into opportunities for continuous learning and development.

Learn more at relate.us.

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Industry Pioneers Intermedia, Mitel, RingCentral, and Vonage validate the Convergence of UC, Contact Center, and Agentic AI into a Single Unified Framework.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Following Aragon Research’s historic announcement defining the Intelligent Communications Experience (ICX) market—projected to surge to $251.83 billion by 2031—the world’s leading communications, collaboration, and customer experience (CX) providers today issued strong statements of validation and strategic alignment.

The launch of the ICX category officially recognizes the dissolution of the historical silos between unified communications (UC) and contact center (CC) platforms, establishing a new framework where human employees and AI agents collaborate seamlessly. Industry leaders agree that the ICX model represents a massive paradigm shift, shifting the enterprise focus toward a unified “Agentic-Channel” and a pervasive “AI Fabric” that will orchestrate the future workforce.

Industry Leaders Respond to the ICX Category Launch

The following firms and their respective executives are quoted below:

Intermedia – Michael Gold, CEO

Mitel – Mike Robinson, CEO

RingCentral – Kira Makagon, President and COO

Vonage – Christophe Van de Weyer, CEO

Intermedia: Bringing ICX Capabilities to the Channel and Mid-Market

“For too long, advanced integration between internal collaboration and external customer engagement has been restricted to the largest enterprises,” said Michael Gold, CEO of Intermedia. “Our mission has always been to simplify IT and empower our channel partners to deliver institutional-grade tools to businesses of all sizes. Aragon’s ICX framework highlights the critical need for a unified control plane. With Intermedia Unite and our integrated Contact Center, we deliver a cohesive, easy-to-manage suite that allows mid-market organizations to run sophisticated, AI-driven customer interactions without complexity.”

Mitel: Delivering One Foundation for Multi-Site and Hybrid Enterprises

“ICX confirms what our customers have been telling us for years,” said Mike Robinson, CEO of Mitel. “They want an intelligent communications solution that adapts to the diversity of roles driving their business. A solution that addresses the increasing demand for control over the adoption of emerging technologies, digital sovereignty where required, and resiliency where it counts. A solution that only integrated hybrid solutions can deliver. Mitel’s CX and forthcoming Mitel WX have been purpose-built to address these demands.”

RingCentral: Driving the Agentic AI Revolution

“We are at the dawn of a new era of enterprise productivity driven by Agentic Voice AI, and Aragon’s ICX framework puts a name to this inevitable convergence,” said Kira Makagon, President & COO of RingCentral. “With our AI-driven RingEX and RingCX platforms, alongside the launch of autonomous digital agents like AIR Pro, RingCentral is already delivering on the core promise of the ICX AI Fabric. By putting AI at the center of voice, video, and messaging, we are helping organizations orchestrate a blended workforce of human and digital agents to unlock unprecedented customer outcomes.”

Vonage: Unleashing the Power of Full-Stack programmable Communications

“This recognition validates what we have been building and delivering for our customers for years, said Christophe Van de Weyer, CEO of Vonage. At Vonage, we have built a comprehensive cloud communications platform that spans UCaaS, CCaaS, and CPaaS because we know that communication cannot exist in silos. By infusing conversational AI into our Intelligent Workspace contact center solution and partnering with Ericsson to deliver high-performance 5G network-powered APIs, we are enabling enterprises to seamlessly blend human and digital workflows. ICX provides the ideal industry blueprint for this integrated, high-performance future.”

The Strategic Mandate for Intelligent Communications Experience

The rapid industry response to the ICX category signals that vendor consolidation is accelerating. As legacy systems are phased out, enterprise leaders are urged to transition from fragmented point solutions to holistic ICX architectures. Organizations that adopt ICX will be uniquely positioned to deploy autonomous digital agents, optimize customer journeys, and foster a highly productive, blended workforce.

For more information on the Intelligent Communications Experience (ICX), the full research note is available to Aragon Research clients.

About Aragon Research
Aragon Research is an independent research and advisory firm that provides business and IT executives with the actionable insights they need to navigate technology’s ever-evolving impact on business. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Aragon Research delivers high-impact visual research, consulting, and advisory services to provide enterprises with the insight they need to make better technology and strategy decisions.
For more information, visit aragonresearch.com

About the Participating Providers

About Vonage: Vonage, a part of Ericsson, creates technology that empowers enterprises and equips developers to lead in the next era of digital transformation. Its AI-powered platforms and tools enable new value creation and innovative customer experiences across mobile networks and the cloud.

The company’s technology portfolio includes Network APIs, CPaaS, CCaaS, and UCaaS solutions. Trusted by enterprises across industries and embraced by developers around the world, Vonage is committed to reimagining every digital interaction.

Vonage is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and operates within Ericsson Group Business Area Global Communications Platform (BGCP).

For more information visit www.vonage.com and follow @Vonage.

About Mitel: Mitel is a global leader in business communications, serving more than 70 million users in over 100 countries. Mitel builds communications, collaboration and contact center solutions for the entire workforce — including frontline, mobile, and shift-based workers whose needs differ from those at a desk — and for organizations in critical industries where communication has to work in the moments that matter. With five decades of experience and deployment options spanning cloud, hybrid and on-premises, Mitel delivers communications without compromise.

For more information, visit Mitel.com.

About RingCentral:

RingCentral is a global leader in AI–powered customer engagement, delivering an integrated platform for business phone, SMS, contact center, workforce engagement management, video collaboration, and messaging. Powered by advanced AI capabilities, RingCentral delivers intelligence at every phase of the conversation journey — before, during, and after each human interaction. With RingCentral, businesses can work smarter, respond faster, and connect more meaningfully with their customers.

For more information, visit ringcentral.com,

About Intermedia: 

Intermedia Intelligent Communications helps more than 150,000 business customers connect better, from wherever, through our AI-powered platform that includes voice, video conferencing, chat, SMS (where available), contact center, business email and productivity, file sharing and backup, security, archiving, and more. We strive to eliminate the need for multiple communications service providers with a seamlessly integrated portfolio of intelligent communications and collaboration solutions, including our flagship product, Intermedia Unite®, all delivered through one highly reliable and secure platform. With month-to-month contract options, one monthly bill, and one intuitive point of administrative control, and having been certified by J.D. Power nine times for excellence in assisted technical support, Intermedia is committed to providing enterprise-grade products to businesses of all sizes through a simple, Worry-Free Experience that includes financially backed 99.999% uptime SLAs.

As a partner-first company, Intermedia goes to work for over 7,500 channel partners by providing a comprehensive set of programs, resources, and support to help them grow their revenue and maximize their success. Programs include our Customer Ownership Reseller (CORE™) model – which enables partners to resell, package, and manage Intermedia’s solutions as if they were their own, while benefiting from highly attractive economic terms and maintaining ownership of their customer relationships – as well as Advisor models.

For more information, visit Intermedia.com.

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