Abstract: A unified communications (UC) device may comprise a processor configured to enable audio communication between a plurality of different UC clients according to a UC bridging software architecture, the plurality of different UC clients having different communication formatting requirements. A computer readable medium may have instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor cause the processor to: translate a first client specific command for a first UC client to a second client specific command for a second UC client; and bridge audio from the first UC client and the second UC client. Another embodiment includes a related UC method. The method comprises bridging audio from a plurality of different UC clients having different communicating formatting requirements, and enabling commands to be communicated between the plurality of different UC clients by translating commands between the plurality of different UC clients.