Introducing WebRTC 1.0 and interoperable real-time communications in Microsoft Edge
Introducing WebRTC 1.0 and interoperable real-time communications in Microsoft Edge We’re excited to announce the preview availability of the WebRTC 1.0 API, and support for the H.264/AVC and VP8 video codecs for RTC in Microsoft Edge, enabling plugin-free, interoperable video communications solutions across browsers and platforms. These features are enabled by default in Windows Insider Preview builds starting with last week’s release, 15019, and will be in stable releases beginning with the Windows 10 Creator’s Update. Background and Object RTC Microsoft Edge introduced support for ORTC beginning in EdgeHTML 13 (Windows 10 version 1511), providing the initial foundation for real-time communications in Edge. Our priority with the WebRTC 1.0 API support is to provide interoperability with legacy implementations on existing websites, which leverage the WebRTC API as previously deployed in other browsers. Our WebRTC 1.0 API implementation provides support for [ more… ]