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Announcing Stream’s Video API Powered by Our Global Edge Network
Today, we're excited to announce the general availability of our new Video API. You can use it to build video calling, audio rooms, and live streaming. The video API aims to make it easier for developers to build live in-app video and audio. All calls run on Stream's global edge network for optimal latency and
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Vonage Video API vs. Stream Video
It is essential to ensure that the video capabilities added to your product function as expected by your end users. Otherwise, you risk alienating your users instead of engaging them. Both Vonage and Stream provide Video SDKs. Let’s compare these two and see how well each can deliver your desired video functionality. But first, we’ll
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Stream Achieves DPF Certification
We are thrilled to announce that Stream has successfully achieved Data Privacy Framework certification, meeting its rigorous requirements and marking a significant milestone in our commitment to customer data privacy and security worldwide. A DPF is a fundamental aspect of modern data management, providing a structured approach to safeguarding personal information and ensuring compliance with
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Rigi Sees 50% YoY Growth After Integrating Stream Chat
Challenge: When Rigi's co-founders created the app, they needed a chat API to expedite their time to market. Rigi developers needed a chat solution that was easy to integrate and scalable enough to support large creator communities while delivering reliable, low-latency performance. Strategy: The Rigi team built a proof-of-concept (PoC) with the chat APIs from
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How It’s Complicated is Advancing Mental Health Technology with Stream Video
Challenge: It's Complicated faced challenges with video call reliability and the need for advanced features to support therapy sessions effectively, impacting therapist-client interactions and user satisfaction. Strategy: To address these challenges, It's Complicated chose to integrate Stream's Video API, leveraging its comprehensive feature set, including integrated chat, advanced UI/UX, and multi-participant call capabilities. They engaged
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Build Interactive In-App Polls With SwiftUI
Interactive polling in Slido, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram make communicating via in-app chat or video conferencing more engaging by providing an interactive way to get participants’ opinions and make everyone in a virtual event, remote education, online gaming, or team collaboration setting feel more connected. Get Started A video showing how to create and send
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Pet Media Group Increases NPS Score by 8% After Migrating from Sendbird to Stream
Challenge: Pet Media Group sought to improve the high latency messaging experience of Sendbird by migrating to a new and more flexible API provider. Strategy: After careful evaluation of top real-time communication providers, PMG chose to migrate from Sendbird to Stream because of its global edge network, flexible SDKs, and superior customer support. Result: Only
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Integrating StreamDeck With A Custom Video App
StreamDeck+ is a well-known utility in video productivity tools and is loved by many. For those unfamiliar, a StreamDeck is a customizable keypad with dynamic LCD keys that provide tons of functionality at the touch of a button. Initially designed for video streamers, its versatility has made it an essential tool for anyone seeking to
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HLTH Europe 2024: The Intersection of AI and Healthcare
In the video above, Stream's co-founder and CEO, Thierry Schellenbach, joined HLTH Europe for its Amsterdam 2024 conference for a Forum talk about the impact of AI and Stream's Video API on the healthcare and telehealth industry. Below, you'll find a recap of the key points from his presentation. Introducing Stream and its API Ecosystem
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Build a Discord Clone with Next.js and TailwindCSS
In this series of blog posts, we build a clone of the popular community-building app Discord using Next.js and our chat API and video SDKs. At Stream, our real-time communication SDKs echo Discord’s mission of uniting people. The aim of this project is to replicate Discord’s functional aesthetic appeal with our own services at the
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Build a Video Chat App With Angular
Popular chat messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram offer real-time video calls, while video conferencing apps like Zoom and Google Meet provide group chat during meetings. Chat apps with video calling and video conferencing apps with chat support focus on two similar communication needs. Prerequisites The two main features of the sample project in this
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Best Firebase Tools for Your Mobile Application
When building mobile applications, you often need to implement essential features such as authentication, push notifications, and more, which can be especially challenging for startups that lack the budget and time to develop these features from scratch. Implementing these features can be very time-consuming and resource-intensive. Firebase offers a comprehensive suite of tools that can
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