Abstract: A software application on a device controls a notification state of a peripheral device having a microphone, speaker and at least one button. The notification state includes one or more button press expression definitions and corresponding functions executable by the computing device. In response to receiving a sequence of button presses that satisfy a button press expression definition, the peripheral device sends a notification response causing the computing device to perform the corresponding action. The corresponding action may activate a voice assistant and make the voice assistant accessible through the peripheral device, which has fewer compute resources than are required to operate a voice assistance. In another example, the button press expression definitions can be used to control the mode in which a user enters a communication session, mute on, audio only, etc.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for providing notifications on an external device. In an implementation, a computing apparatus comprises one or more computer readable storage media, a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for automatically joining a user to a conference session. The program instructions direct the processing system to detect an invocation of an application and, in response to detection of the invocation, send a context request to an external device. The program instructions further direct the processing system to receive from the external device a context response comprising a notification type, determine whether the notification type corresponds with a meeting type, and automatically join a user to the conference session within the application if the notification type corresponds with the meeting type.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for providing notifications on an external device. In an implementation, a communication endpoint comprises a communication system configured to communicate with a communication device, a microphone, a speaker, an indicator, a user interface, and a controller. The controller is programmed to receive a notification type from a conferencing client application running on the communication device via the communication system, control the indicator based on the notification type, and receive a user input via the user interface.