Live Video is a key capability within Insurtech apps that are disrupting the insurance industry. In this blog you will learn more about Insurtech and the role of Live Video in Insurance applications.
TokBox attended the excellent InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas on October 3-4, 2017. If you were not able to talk to us there, please contact us to discuss your Insurance use cases. You can also download our Insurance Datasheet for more information about our platform.
We’re happy to say that last week, as part of the 2.12 release of our client SDKs, we graduated the OpenTok Windows Client SDK out of beta. This SDK allows Windows developers to add rich, immersive video chat to Windows native applications and to really let their creativity flow.
Co-authored by Tiffany Walsh, Patrick Quinn-Graham, and Michael Sander.
We recently announced the launch of our large-scale Interactive broadcast capabilities, including the option to publish to a wide variety of endpoints via RTMP and HTTP Live streaming. You can now broadcast to an audience of up to 3000 real-time viewers – and we know because we’ve been testing it to get it perfect, so that you don’t have to. Want to know how we test WebRTC sessions for huge audiences even though we only have a handful of people on our team? Read on!
In June, we announced our latest beta, OpenTok.js SDK 2.12. With that release, developers could start building beta projects that are compatible with Safari 11, kicking off WebRTC availability in Safari for the first time. This release was announced at the WWDC keynote back in June, when Apple indicated WebRTC support for iOS 11.
Today, in light of Apple’s event, we’re excited to announce that WebRTC support for Safari 11 is here. With the number of devices that run the Safari browser, this provides greater device reach for TokBox customers and introduces a whole new set of use cases for browser based video chat.
We invite you to join our first Live Video Experience webinar on September 20th 2017 at 10am Pacific for a unique opportunity to hear from guest speakers Sai Hossain, CEO of Crowdcast, and Dylan Jhaveri, CTO of Crowdcast. They will share the disruptive impact of live video and streaming technology on the webinar industry and new ways in which people are interacting globally today.
Customers spanning across industries, from healthcare, to education, to professional services and even finance, are adapting to live-video as a way to stay engaged with their clients and exceed customer expectations. In fact, worldwide, we know the number of telehealth patients will increase by 10x by 2018. And, we know that 87% of students prefer to collaborate online than in person. There’s no doubt that live video is now an integral part of client engagement and brand loyalty, and will only continue to become more prevalent in the future.
Today, 66% of all internet traffic is being driven by live-streaming video, and by 2020, that number will grow to 82%, according to research by Cisco. Rapidly-successful User Generated Content apps, like Facebook Live and Periscope, are among the driving forces behind this growth, as live video and interactive online broadcasting is being widely adopted across industries, including webinar platforms.
In previous posts, we have looked at some key considerations for building apps for social video calling on mobile devices, and some of the features you can include to make sure your users have a great experience.
Here, we’re going to look in depth at CallKit, a framework for iOS which is an important component for creating frictionless, delightful apps, especially voice and video calling apps.
Part 2 – Creating the best possible user experience for social video apps
In Part 1, we looked at some of the key considerations for building a group live video app for mobile along the lines of Houseparty and Facebook Bonfire, and how the OpenTok platform can provide the solutions to some of the hurdles caused by using WebRTC off-the-shelf. In Part 2, we’ll look at some specific features and code which can be used to create an awesome user experience so your users will fall in love with the app.
Looking at the top charts of your favorite mobile app store you’ll find two kinds of apps, games and social apps. Without a doubt, social platforms are where you’ll spend a big chunk of your internet time.
The way we interact on these social platforms has been evolving since they first appeared on the screen. Whilst in the early days you couldn’t expect much more than simply exchanging text messages with other people, the evolution of several technologies has led to users expecting richer ways of communicating.
