WebRTC Weekly Issue #497 - August 16, 2023

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

Reading

BlueJeans, Verizon’s Google Meet competitor you’ve never heard of, is shutting down (9to5Google)
Video conferencing is tough these days. Especially as a standalone service.

Video calls are coming to X, formerly Twitter, CEO confirms (TechCrunch)
Facebook goes after X with Threads. X goes after Messenger with calling.

Technical

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Video + AI: Enhancing Video Streams with QR Codes and Watermarking (Vonage)
A nice example for the use of Insertable Streams.

Use Cases and Customer Wins

Red5 Pro Partners with Zixi (Red5 Pro)
Another streaming vendor partners with Zixi

Releases

Simplifying outbound bandwidth and simulcast configuration with Daily’s send settings (Daily)
It is interesting to see how video APIs evolve over time to simplify the lives of developers.

From our own posts

None this week