WebRTC Weekly Issue #230 - June 27, 2018

Here is the latest on WebRTC  from your friends at webrtcweekly.com.

Reading

The Complete Guide to the Most Interesting WebRTC Metrics of 2018 So Far (callstats.io)
The quarterly report of callstats.io is now available.

Technical

Inserting an External Video Stream into a Live Broadcast sponsored
Learn about how to integrate external video directly into a live broadcast

PSA: Autoplay and Extensions policy changes in Chrome (discuss-webrtc)
Google has an official announcement around extensions policy and autoplay. Nothing surprising or new here, but at least it is official.

Intent to Ship: Picture-in-Picture (PiP) (blink-dev)
This one has WebRTC painted all over it.

Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 59 (Webkit)
Still no VP8.

Media/WebRTC/ReleaseNotes/62 (Firefox)
A slew of bug fixes related to WebRTC.

Tutorial video: How to Load Balance Jitsi Meet (Jitsi)
If you’re using Jitsi (or planning to), then this is a must-watch.

All You Need Is Love…and WebRTC Signaling (webrtc.ventures)
101 about WebRTC signaling.

H.264 finally a first class citizen in #WebRTC stacks (WebRTC by Dr Alex)
Simulcast for H.264 is coming to Chrome.

Use Cases and Customer Wins

Introducing Video Chat, a new Explore, and More (Instagram)
Video group chat in Instagram now available for all.

How DAQRI is combining live video and AR to make workforces smarter (TokBox)
AR is making its way into WebRTC.

Introducing screen sharing, reminders, and more on Zoho Cliq (Zoho)
Zoho Cliq adds screen sharing.

Releases

Vonage Adds Innovation and Value to Contact Centers with New Programmable Capabilities (Press release)
Nexmo’s Voice API supports WebRTC, with connectivity to PSTN.

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