WebRTC in Google Chrome Version 23 – Its Official!

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Today was a big day for the web, it will go un-noticed by many but is not an exaggeration to say its the start of a paradigm shift in the way we communicate in real time on the web. Yes, I am once again talking about WebRTC, I posted about this previously as well in my WebRTC in a Nutshell post.

Today Google announced that WebRTC is officially in their Google Chrome version 23, you can see a nice write up of this on Forbes. Google is the driver behind WebRTC, they previously acquired Global IP Solutions and then open sourced the technology which is used to enable IP based voice and video.

Until today WebRTC required either running beta/alpha versions of browsers, or required special flags to be set in your Google Chrome installation to run. Now it is on by default.

What does this mean? It means that now building real time applications that run in a browser require only Javascript knowledge rather than a complete network or protocol level understanding of the telecommunications world. It also means that web developers and entrepreneurs can start to deploy innovative applications that no longer require complete Java downloads, Flash installs, and intense programming. This is a big step in making the web the fabric of not only how we get information but communicate through a browser.

Look for companies to make big announcements as this technology continues to move forward.

You can read more about my thoughts on WebRTC to SIP on the Thrupoint blog.